Super State
Legendary Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature you control
Enchanted creature has base power and toughness 9/9 and has flying, first strike, trample, and haste.
Whenever enchanted creature deals combat damage to an opponent, it deals that much damage to each other opponent.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop
- Price
- $18.36
- EDHREC rank
- #2901
Super State turns its equipped creature into a poison-delivery machine — the aura/equipment equivalent of Grafted Exoskeleton but stapled to a Sonic the Hedgehog crossover card with a devoted fanbase and real competitive upside. At its current price point it earns its slot; this is not a novelty pick.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog is the defining home for Super State — nearly 70% of Sonic decks run it, and the synergy score of 0.65 reflects a card that's practically part of the engine rather than a flex slot.
Amy Rose
Amy Rose runs Super State in just over half its builds, where the card's ability to close games quickly maps cleanly onto the aggressive, buff-heavy line Amy wants to threaten.
Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Bruna, Light of Alabaster tutors auras from the graveyard directly onto herself at attack, making Super State a free threat upgrade that costs no additional mana once Bruna connects.
Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer
Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer appears in over 40% of Anti-Venom builds with Super State, pairing the lifegain and stat-modification themes that commander rewards with a payoff that can end games through poison.
Knuckles the Echidna
Knuckles the Echidna values Super State for its ability to push through lethal damage efficiently — Knuckles wants to hit hard and end games quickly, and Super State accelerates that clock.
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 Super State actually lives — the 100-card singleton format gives it room to be the centerpiece of a dedicated strategy rather than a fringe piece, and its crossover origin drives demand from a large, active player base. In Vintage and Legacy it's technically legal but sees no meaningful competitive play; neither format has the creature-aura infrastructure to make it relevant at that level. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander 60-card-adjacent format where Super State could see niche play, particularly in poison or equipment-focused builds. Everywhere else — Modern, Pioneer, Standard, Pauper — it's simply not legal.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
If Super State is out of reach, Grafted Exoskeleton does comparable work in poison-based strategies for a fraction of the cost, though it lacks the specific synergies that Sonic-universe commanders reward. Other equipment-based stat-boosters exist under $5, but none replicate the exact combination of effects Super State offers — budget substitutes here are genuine downgrades, not lateral moves.
Price Context
Current price
$18.36 mid tier
At $18.36, Super State sits in mid-tier pricing for Commander staples — expensive enough to feel like a commitment, cheap enough that it doesn't dominate your budget. Given its 69% inclusion rate in its most popular commander and crossover collector demand, this price is unlikely to crater anytime soon.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Grafted Exoskeleton
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Amy Rose
- Bruna, Light of Alabaster
- Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer
- Knuckles the Echidna
- Tainted Strike
- Phyresis
- Corrupted Conscience
- Triumph of the Hordes
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.