Cranial Plating
Cranial Plating: Artifact - Equipment, The Brothers' War Commander. Equipped creature gets +1/+0 for each artifact you control. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Artifact - Equipment
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- The Brothers' War Commander (BRC)
- Released
- 2022-11-18
- Collector number
- 136
- Artist
- Adam Rex
- Keywords
- Equip
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About Cranial Plating
Cranial Plating is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black artifact from The Brothers' War Commander (BRC), a Commander product released in November 2022. It is collector number 136 in that set, with art by Adam Rex. It costs {2} (two generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander and PreDH. It is banned in Pauper. It has been printed in 10 sets, from Fifth Dawn (2004) to The Brothers' War Commander (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.58 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Equipped creature gets +1/+0 for each artifact you control.
{B}{B}: Attach this Equipment to target creature you control.
Equip {1}
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.58 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Cranial Plating by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Banned |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
Other printings of Cranial Plating
Cranial Plating has been printed in 10 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) #236 | Uncommon | 2022 |
| Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) #236★ | Uncommon | 2022 |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) #392 | Special | 2021 |
| The List (PLST) #TSR-392 | Common | 2021 |
| Double Masters (2XM) #245 | Uncommon | 2020 |
| Commander 2016 (C16) #249 | Uncommon | 2016 |
| Modern Masters 2015 (MM2) #206 | Uncommon | 2015 |
| Planechase (HOP) #110 | Common | 2009 |
| World Championship Decks 2004 (WC04) #ap113 | Common | 2004 |
| Fifth Dawn (5DN) #113 | Common | 2004 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Cranial Plating, newest first.
- 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.
Similar cards
Other artifact cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.