Yavimaya Steelcrusher
Creature — Ape Warrior
Enlist (As this creature attacks, you may tap a nonattacking creature you control without summoning sickness. When you do, add its power to this creature's until end of turn.)
, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target artifact.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dominaria United
- Price
- $0.32
- EDHREC rank
- #9675
Yavimaya Steelcrusher hits an artifact or enchantment on the way out — the removal is stapled to a creature that was already doing work. The cost is the body itself: a 2/2 for two that trades down in combat, so decks running it want the enters-the-battlefield trigger enough to not care about the creature sticking around, and Kibo, Uktabi Prince does exactly that by turning artifacts into food for the whole table.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kibo, Uktabi Prince
Kibo, Uktabi Prince generates Banana tokens — artifacts — for every opponent, which means the table is constantly stocked with targets for Yavimaya Steelcrusher's trigger; bounce and replay loops let you hit an artifact every single turn while Kibo keeps the supply coming.
Gornog, the Red Reaper
Gornog, the Red Reaper wants creatures dying, and Yavimaya Steelcrusher is a cheap body that invites trades or sacrifice; the incidental artifact removal is gravy in a deck that already wants the creature cycling through the graveyard.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Yavimaya Steelcrusher earns its slot specifically in decks that can recur or bounce it — one-shot ETB removal on a vanilla 2/2 is not enough to run in a vacuum at this power level. Pauper is where it competes most cleanly: artifact removal on a green creature body is genuinely useful in a format where Affinity and artifact synergies show up regularly, and the common slot is not oversaturated with better options. In Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy it has no realistic home — those formats have access to strictly better artifact removal that doesn't require a creature slot. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander: run it if your spellbreaker enables loops, skip it otherwise.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.32 bulk tier
At $0.32, Yavimaya Steelcrusher is bulk — you're not paying for the card, you're paying for the sleeve. It won't appreciate; demand is narrow enough that the price stays flat unless a new commander with heavy artifact-bounce synergy breaks out.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Kibo, Uktabi Prince
- Gornog, the Red Reaper
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.