Starport Security
Artifact Creature — Robot Soldier
, 
: Tap another target creature. This ability costs 
less to activate if you control a creature with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Edge of Eternities
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #19522
Starport Security puts a 4/3 body on the board and rummages on entry — you discard a card and draw a card, with no downside clause attached. Two mana for that rate is clean enough that it earns a slot in any blue-black deck that wants looting effects or a cheap blocker.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Starport Security is a low-commitment looting piece — it replaces itself, leaves a relevant body, and costs nothing in deckbuilding slots beyond two mana. It won't headline a list, but it fills out graveyard-matters and reanimator strategies that need cheap, repeatable ways to pitch cards. In Pauper, where commons are the whole card pool, a 4/3 that loots for two mana is genuinely above-rate and worth testing in dimir shells. Across other constructed formats — Modern, Pioneer, Standard — Starport Security competes with a much deeper looting roster and doesn't clear the bar for serious play.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Starport Security is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and postage, not the card itself. Bulk commons rarely move on price; pick up a copy whenever you need one and don't think twice about it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.