+2 Mace
Artifact — Equipment
Equipped creature gets +2/+2.
Equip (
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #17990
+2 Mace turns any creature with a +1/+1 counter into a permanent lord for every other counter-bearing creature you control — that's a board-wide buff that scales with your strategy rather than sitting at a fixed number. Three mana to equip and one mana to cast makes it a reasonable ask in any deck already committed to counters.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
+2 Mace is a Commander card at heart — the format's longer games and token-or-counters strategies give it the board state it needs to matter. In Pauper it's a legal bulk inclusion, but dedicated counter synergies at common are thin enough that it rarely earns a slot over more reliable pump. Modern and Pioneer have the counter infrastructure to support it, but the competition from stronger Equipment and anthem effects is stiff enough that +2 Mace stays out of competitive lists. Legacy and Vintage don't want it at all — the equip cost alone is disqualifying at those speeds.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
+2 Mace sits at $0.17, firmly in bulk territory, and there's no pressure driving that up. Grab copies freely for counter-themed Commander builds without any budget concern.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.