Steam Frigate
Creature — Human Pirate
This creature can't attack unless defending player controls an Island.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Portal Second Age
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #29692
Steam Frigate is a 3/3 unblockable creature for five mana with no additional upside — the rate is simply too poor to compete. Strictly worse alternatives exist at every point on the curve, and this one never makes the cut.
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 |
Steam Frigate is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Commander, five mana for a vanilla-adjacent 3/3 with evasion is nowhere near the power threshold — the format demands more from every slot. Pauper is the only format where unblockable creatures have seen fringe play, but even there Steam Frigate's cost-to-body ratio loses to cheaper options. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a card this far below the power floor.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Steam Frigate is deep bulk — the price reflects exactly what it offers. Don't expect that floor to move; cards with no competitive application in any format have nowhere to go.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.