Soldevi Steam Beast
Artifact Creature — Beast
Whenever this creature becomes tapped, target opponent gains 2 life.
: Regenerate this creature.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Alliances
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #29989
Soldevi Steam Beast is a six-mana 4/2 that gives your opponent 2 life every upkeep — the body is undersized and the life cushion it hands across the table is a real cost, not a flavor footnote. Fringe artifact synergy decks are the only shell where that tradeoff becomes acceptable, and even there it's near the bottom of the list.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Soldevi Steam Beast is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but that breadth doesn't translate to relevance. In Commander, six mana for a 4/2 with a drawback is simply not competitive — the artifact subtype and colorless cost aren't enough to justify the slot. In Pauper, where common-legal artifacts occasionally carve out niche roles, the life-gain-for-opponent clause makes it a non-starter in any serious build. Legacy and Vintage have access to every efficient artifact ever printed, so Soldevi Steam Beast never sees those tables.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Soldevi Steam Beast sits firmly in bulk territory and is unlikely to move — there's no competitive demand and no emerging combo context that would change that. Pick it up only if you're completing a set or running a deliberately janky theme; otherwise it has no practical floor to fall through.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.