Steel Dromedary
Artifact Creature — Camel
This creature enters tapped with two +1/+1 counters on it.
This creature doesn't untap during your untap step if it has a +1/+1 counter on it.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may move a +1/+1 counter from this creature onto target creature.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Modern Horizons 2
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #22488
Steel Dromedary enters with three +1/+1 counters distributed however you choose across your creatures — that's three triggers, three power spread, one card. The catch is a five-mana 0/0 body that contributes nothing on its own, so it only earns its slot when Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate or a similar counter-hungry engine is on the table to cash in those triggers.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate
Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate cares about moving counters around and growing from them, and Steel Dromedary front-loads three separate counter placements the moment it arrives — each one a potential Omarthis trigger off a single cast.
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 |
Steel Dromedary is a Commander card in practice. The effect — three distributed +1/+1 counters — only generates real value in a multiplayer environment where you have multiple creatures to spread them across and a commander like Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate to convert each placement into an additional payoff. In Legacy, Modern, and Vintage it's technically legal but five mana for a vanishing body with no immediate board protection is nowhere close to competitive; you will never see it across a table in those formats. Commander is the only context where Steel Dromedary is making decks.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Steel Dromedary is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. There's no reason to expect that to change; it's a narrow synergy piece with a small audience, and bulk commons and uncommons at this price point don't move without a format breakout that isn't coming here.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.