Aettir and Priwen
Legendary Artifact — Equipment
Equipped creature has base power and toughness X/X, where X is your life total.
Equip
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Final Fantasy Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #3612
Aettir and Priwen puts immediate pressure on the board the turn it lands, and the cost to run it is low enough that it earns its slot without much justification. Shells built around Defiling Daemogoth or Noctis, Heir Apparent treat it as a near-automatic include — the synergy is that direct.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy

Noctis, Heir Apparent
Noctis, Heir Apparent appears in over 60% of its decks alongside Aettir and Priwen because the two cards reinforce the same core game plan — Noctis rewards the kind of aggressive, synergy-dense sequencing that Aettir and Priwen enables from the moment it hits the battlefield.

Gilgamesh, Master-at-Arms
Gilgamesh, Master-at-Arms runs Aettir and Priwen in more than half its decks, using it as a reliable piece within the equipment and combat-focused engine Gilgamesh naturally assembles.

Amy Rose
Amy Rose decks include Aettir and Priwen at nearly 40%, leaning on it as a consistent contributor to the speed and redundancy that Amy Rose strategies demand.

Captain America, First Avenger
Captain America, First Avenger has the widest player base of this group, and Aettir and Priwen shows up in nearly a third of those decks as a straightforward fit for the heroic, combat-oriented game plan the commander incentivizes.

Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER
Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER is the most-built commander in this tier, and Aettir and Priwen appears in roughly a quarter of those lists — useful enough to include regularly, but not quite as central as it is to the tighter synergy decks above it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Aettir and Priwen is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Standard, Vintage, and Oathbreaker — the only format where it can't show up is Pauper. In Commander, that broad legality barely matters; what matters is that the card slots cleanly into a range of strategies without requiring a dedicated build around it. Competitive non-rotating formats like Modern and Legacy have higher bars, and Aettir and Priwen hasn't made a meaningful dent there — the card's value scales with the kind of synergy-rich, multiplayer environment that Commander provides. Standard and Pioneer legality keeps it accessible for newer players, but its ceiling is clearly in the 100-card format.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card


Defiling DaemogothAettir and Priwen
Near-infinite lifegain; Near-infinite lifeloss
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Disciple of GriselbrandSanguine BondAettir and Priwen
Near-infinite lifegain; Near-infinite lifeloss for target opponent
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Disciple of GriselbrandVito, Thorn of the Dusk RoseAettir and Priwen
Near-infinite lifegain; Near-infinite lifeloss for target opponent
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Disciple of GriselbrandEnduring TenacityAettir and Priwen
Near-infinite lifegain; Near-infinite lifeloss for target opponent
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Disciple of GriselbrandVizkopa GuildmageAettir and Priwen
Near-infinite lifegain; Near-infinite lifeloss
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Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Aettir and Priwen isn't available at the moment, so check Scryfall or your preferred retailer for a current figure before buying. Given its high inclusion rates in several popular commanders, demand is real — if the price looks reasonable against comparable role-players in its tier, it's worth picking up.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.