Sram, Senior Edificer
SOC · rare · Released 2026-04-24
Power
Tier shown as baseline → best-case (in its ideal shell).
Derived from the 7 atoms below.
above rate
minor value alone
needs a shell
can take over a game
one mode
broadly useful
easily answered
Commander Bracket
Archetypes
No active conflicts.
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Rationale
2cmc 2/2 legendary Dwarf — draws a card on every Aura, Equipment, or Vehicle cast. THE defining draw engine for equipment-voltron and aura-voltron shells, often serving as the commander itself. Equally at home in vehicle-matters decks where casting Vehicles chains into card advantage. Low CMC and cheap enough to replay after removal, making it an extremely efficient engine piece across brackets 2-4.
Learnings (3)
Sram triggers on cast, not on the permanent resolving or entering the battlefield — counterspelling the Aura/Equipment/Vehicle still lets you keep the drawn card.
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As a 2-mana legendary, Sram is frequently run as the commander of equipment-voltron or aura-voltron decks rather than in the 99, making him one of the most popular budget mono-white commanders.
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Sram's trigger covers all three permanent types (Aura, Equipment, Vehicle) simultaneously, so decks mixing equipment and auras (e.g., Kor Outfitter shells) get full value from a single copy.
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Popularity
- EDHREC rank: #465