War Chariot
Artifact
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: Target creature gains trample until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ice Age
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #28977
War Chariot gives a target creature trample for three mana as a reusable activated ability — functional, but three mana per activation on a three-mana artifact is a steep ask when enchantments like Rancor grant trample permanently for one. It sees play only when a deck specifically needs redundancy on trample enablers and has nowhere else to turn.
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 |
War Chariot is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but the formats where it's legal are also the formats with the deepest card pools — which works against it. In Commander, it competes with a wide bench of cheaper, more permanent trample enablers, so it shows up only in niche voltron or creature-combat decks that have already run through the better options. Legacy and Vintage ignore War Chariot entirely; those formats have no interest in a three-mana do-nothing artifact. Oathbreaker is the one context where redundancy on a keyword can matter more, but even there the activation cost is a drag.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, War Chariot is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. That price is stable because demand is minimal, not because it's a hidden gem waiting to be discovered.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.