Stratadon
Artifact Creature — Beast
Domain — This spell costs 
less to cast for each basic land type among lands you control.
Trample
- CMC
- 10
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Planeshift
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #24374
Stratadon enters as an 8/8 trampler with convoke and improvise both reducing its cost, meaning a board of creatures or artifacts can land it for zero mana. The payoff is real, but it asks you to build around it — run it in artifact or token shells, not as a generic beater.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Stratadon belongs. Token generators, artifact synergies, and untap effects are everywhere in the format, and a free 8/8 trampler at any point in the game demands an answer. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but irrelevant — faster, more reliable threats exist and Stratadon's cost-reduction conditions are harder to assemble consistently in 60-card formats. Outside those formats it's not legal at all, so Commander and Oathbreaker are its natural homes, with Oathbreaker offering the same token and artifact engines in a more compact game.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Stratadon is deep bulk — you're not paying for the card, you're paying for a sleeve. That price is stable; there's no pressure driving it up, and its niche application keeps it from spiking.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.