Bladed Bracers
Artifact — Equipment
Equipped creature gets +1/+1.
As long as equipped creature is a Human or an Angel, it has vigilance.
Equip 
(: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Avacyn Restored
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #17753
Bladed Bracers grants first strike and vigilance for one mana, but the equip cost jumps to four unless you control an Angel, Soldier, or Equipment creature — making it a reliable one-drop only in the decks built around those types. Outside those shells, it's outclassed by nearly every other one-mana Equipment.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Bladed Bracers is a role-player, not a staple — it earns a slot only in Angel or Soldier tribal builds where the one-mana equip discount is consistently available. In Pauper, where Equipment-based aggressive decks are real, the discount condition is harder to meet but the base stat line is competitive enough that it sees fringe play. Legacy and Vintage have access to far more powerful Equipment at similar or lower costs, so Bladed Bracers doesn't register in either format. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander calculus: strong in the right tribal pairing, irrelevant outside it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Bladed Bracers is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and shipping, not the card. It holds that floor indefinitely given how narrow the optimal use case is and how many printings exist.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.