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Amorphous Axe

Artifact — Equipment

Equipped creature gets +3/+0 and is every creature type.
Equip {3} ({3}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

CMC
2
Mana cost
{2}
Color identity
C
Rarity
common
Set
Jumpstart: Historic Horizons
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#14258
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Amorphous Axe card art
Amorphous Axe turns any creature into every creature type simultaneously, which is the whole game for commanders like Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator who care about pirates hitting face. One mana to equip keeps the engine cheap enough to matter.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Amorphous Axe is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but it's strictly a Commander card — the one-mana equip cost matters most in a 40-life, multiplayer format where tribal synergies compound over many turns. In competitive Legacy and Modern, equipment that doesn't grant power, toughness, or evasion simply doesn't make the cut when the game ends on turn three or four. Pauper is the one non-Commander format where it's technically usable, but even there the payoff requires a tribal shell that rarely comes together at common. Commander is where Amorphous Axe does real work: tribal decks with mixed creature bases gain the most, and the one-mana equip means you're not sacrificing tempo to activate it.

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Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Pricing data isn't currently available for Amorphous Axe, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number. Given its narrow tribal niche and lack of competitive demand outside Commander, it's historically been an inexpensive pickup — expect bulk or near-bulk pricing unless a breakout tribal commander drives demand.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.