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Runed Stalactite

Artifact — Equipment

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and is every creature type.
Equip {2}

CMC
1
Mana cost
{1}
Color identity
C
Rarity
common
Set
The List
Price
$0.17
EDHREC rank
#14395
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Runed Stalactite card art
Runed Stalactite turns any creature into every creature type simultaneously, which makes Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator trigger off every pirate hit — including ones that weren't pirates before equipping. One mana to equip, one mana to cast, and the payoff in Malcolm-based decks is immediate enough that Breeches, Brazen Plunderer // Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator lists run it at a 22% clip.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Breeches, Brazen PlundererMalcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator

Breeches, Brazen Plunderer // Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator

22.2% of decks · synergy 0.22

Runed Stalactite is the cleanest way to make every creature in a Breeches, Brazen Plunderer // Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator deck a pirate — equipment that costs one to cast and one to equip turns any non-pirate attacker into a Treasure generator without rebuilding the whole 99 around tribal.

02
Kediss, Emberclaw FamiliarMalcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator

Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar // Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator

19.7% of decks · synergy 0.19

Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar // Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator wants every combat step to produce maximum Treasures, and Runed Stalactite ensures that Kediss itself — or any utility creature that snuck into the list — still counts as a pirate when Malcolm sees combat damage land.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Runed Stalactite is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but the only format where it earns a consistent slot is Commander. Outside of Malcolm-based pirate engines, the card is too narrow for Legacy or Modern — type-changing at one mana just doesn't generate enough raw value in sixty-card formats where the payoff conditions rarely exist. In Pauper it's technically legal but sees essentially no play. Commander is where tribal synergy matters enough to justify a slot, and even there Runed Stalactite is almost exclusively a Malcolm card rather than a general tribal staple.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.17 bulk tier

At $0.17, Runed Stalactite is deep bulk — pick it up in any common box without a second thought. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to climb meaningfully outside a Malcolm reprint or sudden spike in pirate-tribal popularity.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.