Blinding Powder
Artifact — Equipment
Equipped creature has "Unattach Blinding Powder: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to this creature this turn."
Equip 
(: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Betrayers of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.45
- EDHREC rank
- #17638
Blinding Powder taps a creature and prevents it from untapping until its controller pays two mana — a temporary but repeatable lock that can strand a blocker or shut down an activated ability for a full turn cycle. The two-mana equip on a zero-cost artifact makes it a fringe pick at best, outclassed by cheaper or more permanent tap effects in nearly every context.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Blinding Powder is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially no competitive play in any of them. In Commander, the effect is too narrow — tapping one creature for one turn cycle rarely changes the board state against three opponents, and equipment that doesn't grant stats or protection struggles to justify a deck slot. Legacy and Vintage have access to far more efficient disruption, and Modern offers better tap-lock pieces at the same or lower cost. Blinding Powder occupies the kind of fringe space where it might find a home in a dedicated equipment or artifact synergy shell, but even there it's usually the first cut.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.45 bulk tier
At $0.45, Blinding Powder sits firmly in bulk territory — affordable enough to slot in on a whim, but low demand means that price reflects the card's power level accurately. Don't expect movement in either direction; it will stay a bulk rare until a specific combo or commander pushes the effect into relevance.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.