---
name: "Cranial Plating"
mana_cost: "{2}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Artifact — Equipment"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Equip"]
set: "40K"
set_name: "Warhammer 40,000 Commander"
collector_number: "236"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "L J Koh"
oracle_id: "75564721-e4e9-463a-b49e-f0c7cd6f53a7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cranial-plating-40k"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "banned"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Cranial Plating
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Artifact — Equipment
- **Keywords:** Equip

## Oracle Text
Equipped creature gets +1/+0 for each artifact you control.
{B}{B}: Attach this Equipment to target creature you control.
Equip {1}

> *The flesh of the Necrontyr is a memory so distant as to be nearly mythical.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cranial Ram](/printing/cranial-ram-mh3.md) — Artifact — Equipment
2. [Bone Saw](/printing/bone-saw-brr.md) — Artifact — Equipment
3. [Golem-Skin Gauntlets](/printing/golem-skin-gauntlets-mrd.md) — Artifact — Equipment
4. [Silverskin Armor](/printing/silverskin-armor-mbs.md) — Artifact — Equipment
5. [Empyrial Plate](/printing/empyrial-plate-c16.md) — Artifact — Equipment
6. [Stormrider Rig](/printing/stormrider-rig-dtk.md) — Artifact — Equipment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) #236
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** L J Koh
- **Total Printings:** 45 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `banned` | Penny: `not_legal`