Ashnod's Battle Gear
Artifact
You may choose not to untap this artifact during your untap step.
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: Target creature you control gets +2/-2 for as long as this artifact remains tapped.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Renaissance
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #29899
Ashnod's Battle Gear hands a creature +2/-2 for free at instant speed, turning a utility body into a threat or pushing a large attacker past a blocker without spending mana on the pump. The catch is that the equipped creature can't untap — a hard tax that makes Ashnod's Battle Gear a niche fit rather than a general-purpose Equipment.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Ashnod's Battle Gear finds its home in decks that already want a creature to stay tapped — Vehicles, tap-synergy builds, or strategies that sacrifice creatures before the untap step matters. Legacy and Vintage have access to it on a technicality, but neither format has any reason to run a do-nothing Equipment when real threats are available. The card is not legal in Modern, Pioneer, or Standard, which is where most competitive Equipment discussion lives anyway.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Ashnod's Battle Gear isn't available in this snapshot, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current numbers. Given its narrow application and age, copies tend to move cheaply when they surface at all.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.