Plated Onslaught
Instant
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs 
less to cast for each artifact you control.)
Creatures you control get +2/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #18098
Plated Onslaught puts a +1/+1 counter on every creature you control at instant speed — that's a board-wide pump for a single white mana that scales with your creature count in a way Elesh Norn decks feel immediately. The cost is that it's a one-shot effect with no built-in recursion, so it lives or dies on the size of your board when you cast it.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Elesh Norn
Elesh Norn already taxes the whole board with static penalties, and Plated Onslaught layers permanent +1/+1 counters on top of that — creatures that were already blanked by Norn's debuff become even further out of reach after a single cast.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Plated Onslaught is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees essentially no play outside of Commander. In competitive Constructed, one mana for a single round of counters can't compete with spells that generate card advantage or win on the spot. In Commander it earns a spot in go-wide white strategies that can reliably flood the board — the instant speed matters most here, letting you pump in response to a board wipe or a combat trick. Outside of dedicated token or counter-synergy shells, though, it's a fringe inclusion even in Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Plated Onslaught is pure bulk — there's no financial barrier to picking it up. Bulk instants with narrow application tend to stay at this floor indefinitely, so don't expect movement.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Elesh Norn
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.