Rustspore Ram
Artifact Creature — Sheep
When this creature enters, destroy target Equipment.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Mirrodin
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #29620
Rustspore Ram destroys an Equipment on entry and leaves behind a 2/2 body — permanent artifact removal stapled to a creature is real value. Four mana for that package is fair, not exciting, and it slots into white artifact-disruption roles without demanding anything special.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Rustspore Ram is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it only realistically sees play in Commander. In Legacy and Vintage, four mana for a 2/2 that destroys one Equipment is nowhere near efficient enough to compete, and dedicated artifact removal in those formats costs one mana or less. In Modern, the same logic applies — Wear // Tear and similar answers do the job at a fraction of the cost. Commander is where Rustspore Ram earns its slot: the format's slower pace and Equipment-heavy metagame make the enters-the-battlefield trigger meaningful, and the body adds to board presence rather than disappearing after the effect resolves.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Rustspore Ram is deep bulk — you're picking it up out of a dollar box or a collection without thinking twice. It won't appreciate; this is a low-demand utility creature, and price movement in either direction would require a format shift that isn't coming.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.