Warmonger's Chariot
Artifact — Equipment
Equipped creature gets +2/+2.
As long as equipped creature has defender, it can attack as though it didn't have defender.
Equip 
(: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Jumpstart
- Price
- $0.33
- EDHREC rank
- #19051
Warmonger's Chariot lets creatures with power 4 or greater attack as though they didn't have defender — a highly specific effect that unlocks entire archetypes built around walls and high-power blockers. The two equip cost is reasonable; the three casting cost is fine; the narrow window it operates in is the only real limitation.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Warmonger's Chariot is a Commander card through and through — the format's creature density and longer games give defender-synergy builds the space to assemble and abuse it. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but has no competitive application; no serious deck wants a three-mana equipment to enable attackers when cheaper, broader options exist. Commander is where the card earns its slot, specifically in decks built around high-power defenders like Arcades, the Strategist or Doran, the Siege Tower, where Warmonger's Chariot turns the whole board into a threat without needing the commander in play.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.33 bulk tier
At $0.33, Warmonger's Chariot is deep bulk — you're paying draft-chaff prices for a card that does something no other equipment does quite this way. The price is stable because demand is narrow, but if you're building the right deck, the cost is trivially low for what it enables.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.