Avarice Amulet
Artifact — Equipment
Equipped creature gets +2/+0 and has vigilance and "At the beginning of your upkeep, draw a card."
Whenever equipped creature dies, target opponent gains control of this Equipment.
Equip 
(: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Magic 2015
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #13207
Avarice Amulet gives the equipped creature +2/+0, hexproof, and draws you a card at your upkeep — but when that creature dies, your opponents get to fight over who steals it next. The upside is real, the downside is a loaded gun your opponents will aim at your best creature on purpose.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Avarice Amulet is a Commander card through and through — the chaos clause barely matters in one-on-one formats where passing the Amulet just hands it back to one known opponent, and Constructed formats offer far better four-mana equipment. In Commander, the theft trigger is legitimately dangerous: opponents will trade a 1/1 token into your hexproof threat just to steal the Amulet and strand you without card draw. The build that actually wants it is a politics or chaos shell — Zedruu the Greathearted, for instance, can gift it away before the creature dies and never touch the downside. Outside of a dedicated donation or group-slug strategy, the card draw isn't worth the target it paints.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, Avarice Amulet is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not the effect. The price reflects the power level accurately, and there's no reason to expect it to move unless a donation commander spikes in popularity.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.