Cranial Plating
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Format Legality
1v1 Commander Legal
Archenemy Legal
Arena Legal
Block Constructed Legal
Canadian Highlander Legal
Casual Legal
Commander / EDH Legal
Commander: Rule 0 Legal
Custom Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Freeform Legal
Gladiator Legal
Highlander Legal
Historic Legal
Historic Brawl Legal
Legacy Legal
Leviathan Legal
Limited Legal
Modern Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Pauper Duel Commander Legal
Pauper EDH Legal
Planar Constructed Legal
Planechase Legal
PreDH Legal
Quest Magic Legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Vanguard Legal
Vintage Legal

Cranial Plating

Artifact — Equipment

Equipped creature gets +1/+0 for each artifact you control.

: Attach this to target creature you control.

Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

MontaukMonster on Grixis Control

3 weeks ago

Good Morning,

I was playtesting a few hands with your deck the other day, and once I got the hang of it, it consistently beat one of mine I was working on. For snorts and giggles, I ran it up against Ravager cicra 2004 just to see what it would do.

vs. Ravager - Aeo Paquette, 2nd at Worlds 2004

Game 1: No mulligans. I'm keeping Island, Sewers, Stock Up, Thor, Flashback, and Reef. I'm a little concerned it's a slow hand for what I'm up against, and I'm on the draw. He opens with Seat of the Synod, Welding Jar, and Arcbound Worker. I draw a Resonating Lute and surveil, dropping Shoot the Sheriff because I need red more than I need to kill the regenerator. He swings for one, plays Glimmervoid, Arcbound Ravager, and Frogmite. I draw land, play the Reef, and take four to the face while he taps out for Cranial Plating. I could have Stocked Up instead, which would have left me tapped out instead of sitting on nothing while he drops a Disciple of the Vault, clobbers me for 13, and sacs me down to zero.

Game 2: I need as much fast defense as possible. I took out 2x Resonating Lute and the Deadly Cover-Up to make room for 2x Avengers Whateveritis and the Tidebender. On the play, I mulligan to 6 and keep a hand with Thundering Falls, 2x Flashback, Fire Magic, Quantum Riddler, and Thor. Turn 1, I surveil something that's not a land. He answers with Vault of Whispers, Ornithopter, Welding Jar, and Disciple of the Vault. I draw not a land and Fire his Disciple. Would have loved to take the 0/2 with it, but I can't have that bulls..t around. He answers with Seat of the Synod and Somber Hoverguard. I TD a Demolition Field and wait for some black so I can flashback a Requiting Hex. He answers my nothing with thee damage and a Glimmervoid, 2x Thoughtcast, and a Frogmite. I topdeck a Stock Up. I need a black. Or something so I can Stock up into something else. While I'm waiting, he drops Cranial Plating and attacks for 12, bring me to 5. My final draw is a Blazemire Verge, which I honestly belive is your deck's way of telling me to eff-off for putting it through that.

kamarupa on Manufactor Combo

4 months ago

how about a Cranial Plating on a bird?

dr.kronski on Dark Glory of King Macar

7 months ago

Nadier's Nightblade, Mirkwood Bats, Sting, the Glinting Dagger, The Fire Nation Drill, Night Market Lookout, Costly Plunder, Cranial Plating, Agent of the Iron Throne.

Kozelek on Trazyn the infinite combo guy

1 year ago

I added a Cavern of Souls I got for x-mas to help be able to cast my commander without him getting countered as well as an Echoing Deeps to help if one of the 8 lands needed for the monument gets milled or nuked and a Power Depot just to add 1 more artifact land because of Cranial Plating

wallisface on Should I Put Additional Artifact …

1 year ago

As an example, this list costs well-under half of the money of your current list, but will significantly outperform it by prettymuch every metric:

Last_Laugh on Arna Kennerud, Skycaptain

2 years ago

Hey, nice job. I think you may want to cut a few of your legendary equipment since Arna can't copy them. I do have a few suggestions for you that're budget friendly but have been very impactful for me.

EQUIPMENT:

Blade of Shared Souls can start cloning things like Esper Sentinel or Spark Double (copying Arna).

Plate Armor is free to equip in no time. This card is amazing here.

Champion's Helm is a nice power/toughness boost that protects Arna and other legendaries. This card used to be $10+ for a reason.

Thran Power Suit and Cranial Plating are 2 more Nettlecyst-ish effects.

CARD DRAW:

Shimmer Dragon is another card that used to be expensive. You can tap equipment to draw and being tapped doesn't effect how the equipment works at all.

UTILITY:

Forge Anew has a lot of random utility, but the instant speed equipping on your turn is pretty gross.

Chrome Host Seedshark is a card I haven't seen much, but those incubate tokens are basically creatures on demand and carry equipment like champs post-boardwipe. I've been super impressed in the few games I've seen it.

Feel free to check out my list for ideas. Upvotes on any of my decks are appreciated. Arna's Kennundrüm: Counters Auraquipment?

Taida on Affinity and what to cut

2 years ago

Maybe you can try Experimental Synthesizer. Gives you some draw until end of turn, and you can sac it with whatever, and the effect triggers again. I also like Etched Champion quite a lot, as it is quite difficult to remove and is both amazing blocking and attacking. A substitute to Cranial Plating could be Nettlecyst, or you can even run both. Something like Skilled Animator, Kenku Artificer or Ensoul Artifact can also be very fun, especially if used on an Ornithopter or any indestructible land such as Silverbluff Bridge or Darksteel Citadel. Another affinity card I have a sweetspot for is Broodstar, but it needs colored mana, so it is not as easy to cast as a Myr Enforcer.

Blackerhawk on Affinity and what to cut

2 years ago

Hey nuperokaso , thanks for the input. Black mana was in the deck for the alternative equip cost of Cranial Plating, but Mistvault Bridge coming into play tapped does slow me down. I do have 4 Memnites and 4 Welding Jars in my collection, and could replace the remaining 2 Myr Enforcers with those. Or maybe instead of the Gingerbrute? Would you go Fling over Shrapnel Blast? As it can do a lot more damage with the Cranial Plating attached to a creature and with the Arcbound Ravager after he eats the rest of the crew...

I greatly appreciate your response and any other input is more than welcome.

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