Empyrial Plate

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Empyrial Plate: Artifact - Equipment, Commander 2016. Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each card in your hand. Equip 2. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}
Mana value
2
Type
Artifact - Equipment
Colour identity
Colourless
Rarity
Rare
Set
Commander 2016 (C16)
Released
2016-11-11
Collector number
251
Artist
Paolo Parente
Commander rank
8,763 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Equip

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About Empyrial Plate

Empyrial Plate is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare colourless artifact from Commander 2016 (C16), a Commander product released in November 2016. It is collector number 251 in that set, with art by Paolo Parente. It costs {2} (two generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Mirrodin (2003) to Commander 2016 (2016). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.76 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each card in your hand.

Equip {2}

A body clad in steel reflects a warrior's resolve.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.76 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Empyrial Plate by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Empyrial Plate

Empyrial Plate has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Mirrodin (MRD) #168Rare2003

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