Scrapyard Steelbreaker
Artifact Creature — Human Warrior
, Sacrifice another artifact: This creature gets +2/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #27031
Scrapyard Steelbreaker turns every artifact you sacrifice into a permanent power boost — pay the cost once, keep the stats forever. It's a payoff piece for artifact sacrifice loops, not a standalone threat, so it earns its slot only in the right shell.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Scrapyard Steelbreaker belongs in artifact sacrifice decks that are already generating fodder — think Treasure token engines or aristocrats builds that churn through Clues and Food. Pauper is where it has the most competitive relevance, since common-legal artifact sacrifice is dense enough to make the counters accumulate quickly. Modern and Pioneer have faster, more consistent payoffs at the same slot, so Scrapyard Steelbreaker rarely makes those cuts. Legacy and Vintage move too fast for a three-mana creature that needs setup to become threatening.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Scrapyard Steelbreaker is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a commons box, not a binder. Bulk commons don't appreciate unless a format breakout hits, and nothing on the horizon points there, so grab it for the deck and don't think twice about the cost.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.