Bladed Battle-Fan
Artifact — Equipment
Flash
When this Equipment enters, attach it to target creature you control. That creature gains indestructible until end of turn.
Equipped creature gets +1/+0.
Equip 
(: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- March of the Machine
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #15355
Bladed Battle-Fan puts a relevant keyword suite on a creature the turn it lands — ninjutsu decks care about that immediacy. The cost is real: one equipment slot spent on a card that does nothing if you can't connect, and Basim Ibn Ishaq already demands you thread attackers through defenses just to function.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Basim Ibn Ishaq
Basim Ibn Ishaq scores lore counters by dealing combat damage with creatures that have specific keywords, and Bladed Battle-Fan hands those keywords — flying, reach, vigilance, or whichever face it presents — to whatever creature needs them most before attackers are declared.
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, Bladed Battle-Fan is a role-player in ninjutsu or Basim Ibn Ishaq builds that need keyword access on demand; it won't show up elsewhere. In Pauper it's legal but the bar for equipment is high — Springleaf Drum and Bone Saw see play because they generate mana or come free, and Bladed Battle-Fan does neither. Modern and Legacy have no realistic shell for it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Bladed Battle-Fan is deep bulk — easy to pick up as a one-of without a second thought. Bulk equipment at this price point rarely climbs unless a breakout commander drives sustained demand, and right now that ceiling looks low.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.