Syndicate Trafficker
Creature — Aetherborn Rogue
, Sacrifice an artifact: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. It gains indestructible until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Kaladesh
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #22547
Syndicate Trafficker turns any artifact into a +1/+1 counter and indestructibility on demand, letting it eat removal all game while growing out of range. The cost is a two-mana 1/1 that does nothing until you feed it — if you can't sacrifice immediately, it's a liability.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Syndicate Trafficker earns its keep, slotting into artifact sacrifice synergy decks that generate disposable tokens — Treasure, Clue, Food, or generic artifact fodder — and want a resilient threat that scales. In Modern and Pioneer it's outclassed by payoffs that demand less setup and close games faster. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a two-mana 1/1 that needs infrastructure to function. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander closely enough that the same artifact-sacrifice shells apply.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Syndicate Trafficker is deep bulk — a card you pick up without thinking about it. Bulk artifacts with narrow homes rarely move off the floor unless a new commander pushes the archetype hard, so expect it to stay here.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.