Plated Seastrider
Creature — Beast
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Conspiracy
- Price
- $0.02
- EDHREC rank
- #29546
Plated Seastrider is a 1/4 for two mana with protection from multicolored — a cheap blocker that blanks most Commander staples but does almost nothing to advance your board state. Defensive floor is real; offensive ceiling is zero.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Plated Seastrider's protection from multicolored is contextually powerful — the format is littered with gold cards like Atraxa, Praetors' Voice and Kenrith, the Returned King — but a 1/4 that can't attack into anything relevant rarely earns a slot over cards that trade up or generate value. In Pauper it's similarly a draft-leftover: the common format has enough mono-colored aggro that protection from multicolored is near-irrelevant, and a 1/4 for two without upside doesn't make the cut. Plated Seastrider is legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Modern, but none of those formats are looking for a vanilla-adjacent two-drop.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.02 bulk tier
At $0.02, Plated Seastrider is deep bulk — you're paying for the cardboard, not the card. There's no realistic scenario where demand moves the needle on this one.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.