Zulaport Chainmage
Creature — Human Shaman Ally
Cohort — 
, Tap an untapped Ally you control: Target opponent loses 2 life.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #28293
Zulaport Chainmage drains each opponent for 2 whenever you sacrifice a creature with a +1/+1 counter on it — a meaningful life-swing in multiplayer that compounds fast with a token or counter engine behind it. The cost is real: it only triggers on creatures that already have counters, so it's dead weight without the right shell.
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 |
Zulaport Chainmage is a Commander card in practice — the three-opponent multiplayer math is where its drain effect actually scales into something threatening. In Pauper it's legal but competes in a format where similar drain effects are cheaper and more flexible, so it rarely makes the cut. Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage all move too fast for a three-mana creature whose payoff is conditional on counter synergies that those formats don't naturally support. Commander is the one format where the +1/+1 counter theme, sacrifice outlets, and three opponents to drain all coexist in the same shell.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Zulaport Chainmage is pure bulk — you're picking this out of a common box or tossing it in a cart to hit free shipping. Bulk rares and uncommons in narrow synergy roles don't appreciate unless they get a format breakout, and nothing about this card's design points that direction.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.