Rust Monster
Creature — Beast
First strike
Sacrifice an artifact: This creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #26179
Rust Monster threatens to sacrifice an equipment or artifact land the moment it connects, which means opponents either chump-block it forever or lose a key piece of their board. Four mana for a 3/3 with no evasion is the real cost — it demands answer or it demands blocks, but it won't win games on its own.
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 |
Commander is where Rust Monster has the most teeth — artifact-heavy decks are everywhere, and the threat of losing a Sword, boots, or Sol Rock to a single unblocked swing is enough to change combat math in your favor. Outside Commander, Rust Monster is too slow and too easy to play around in faster formats; Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer have enough removal and evasion to make a 3/3 with a conditional triggered ability irrelevant. It's legal across those formats, but there's no competitive context where it belongs.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Rust Monster is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a box rather than order. That price is stable by default, not by demand, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.