Cranial Plating
- Mana cost
- {2}
- Type
- Artifact — Equipment
- Set
- Warhammer 40,000 Commander #236★ (uncommon)
Equipped creature gets +1/+0 for each artifact you control.
{B}{B}: Attach this Equipment to target creature you control.
Equip {1}
Cranial Plating has 11 printings, first in Fifth Dawn (2004). EDHREC ranks it #2,499 among Commander cards. It appears most in Urza, Chief Artificer decks (7,449 on EDHREC). 3 public decks on TCG run it. It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: banned
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Cranial Plating
- Invent Superiority - Commander 2016, led by Breya, Etherium Shaper
- Necron Dynasties - Warhammer 40,000 Commander, led by Szarekh, the Silent King
- Urza's Iron Alliance - The Brothers' War Commander, led by Urza, Chief Artificer
Commanders that run Cranial Plating most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Urza, Chief Artificer: 7,449 decks
- Breya, Etherium Shaper: 3,218 decks
- Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain: 2,625 decks
- Imskir Iron-Eater: 2,190 decks
- Golbez, Crystal Collector: 2,029 decks
- Alela, Artful Provocateur: 1,399 decks
- Ashnod, Flesh Mechanist: 1,301 decks
- Urtet, Remnant of Memnarch: 1,140 decks
Often played with Cranial Plating
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Cranial Plating is counted by its own ability, so it gives at least +1/+0.
- : Cranial Plating's first activated ability is similar to an equip ability, but it's not an equip ability. Most importantly, it can be activated any time you could cast an instant, even during another player's turn.