Ugin's Construct
Artifact Creature — Construct
When this creature enters, sacrifice a permanent that's one or more colors.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Magic Online Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #26674
Ugin's Construct enters as a 4/4 for four mana — solid rate on its face — but the sacrifice trigger on colored permanents is a real cost that most decks can't ignore. In anything running more than a handful of colorless sources, the downside is crippling enough to bench it entirely.
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 |
Ugin's Construct is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees virtually no play across any of them. In Commander, colorless decks helmed by commanders like Emrakul or Kozilek can run it without triggering the sacrifice clause, but a vanilla 4/4 for four without evasion or a relevant ability is below the power floor those decks demand. In competitive formats like Modern and Legacy, four mana for a 4/4 with a conditional downside is simply not a card those formats want. Oathbreaker has the same problem at a compressed game length — you'd rather have a threat that does something.
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Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data for Ugin's Construct isn't available in our current feed, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number. Given that it sees essentially no competitive or casual demand, expect it to sit at bulk pricing — likely under $0.50 — whenever you do look it up.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.