Barbed Batterfist
Artifact — Equipment
For Mirrodin! (When this Equipment enters, create a 2/2 red Rebel creature token, then attach this to it.)
Equipped creature gets +1/-1.
Equip 
(: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #13789
Barbed Batterfist puts a free-equip reconfigure threat on the board — when Nahiri, Forged in Fury is your commander, that zero equip cost is the entire point. Bulk rare, zero friction, immediate damage output.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Nahiri, Forged in Fury
Nahiri, Forged in Fury tutors Equipment directly onto the battlefield and gives them zero equip cost, which means Barbed Batterfist enters fully armed and ready to swing — no mana tax, no tempo loss, just a live threat or a pumped attacker on the spot.
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 |
In Commander, Barbed Batterfist is a role-player in dedicated Equipment or Warrior tribal builds, not a card you jam generically — its ceiling is almost entirely tied to Nahiri, Forged in Fury's cost reduction. In Pauper it's legal but faces stiff competition from purpose-built aggressive commons that don't ask you to pay two mana up front. Modern and Legacy have the card pool to make reconfigure interesting in fringe artifact shells, but Barbed Batterfist doesn't crack those formats' power threshold. Treat it as a Commander-first card.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Barbed Batterfist is deep bulk — you're paying for a slot, not a card. It won't appreciate; grab a copy if you're building Nahiri, Forged in Fury and don't overthink it.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Nahiri, Forged in Fury
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.