Bloodthirsty Blade
Artifact — Equipment
Equipped creature gets +2/+0 and is goaded. (It attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)
: Attach this Equipment to target creature an opponent controls. Activate only as a sorcery.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor Commander
- Price
- $0.35
- EDHREC rank
- #2261
Bloodthirsty Blade forces the equipped creature to attack every turn if able and can be moved to any creature an opponent controls for just one mana — you're handing a weapon to your enemy and making it their problem. At two mana to cast and one to equip, the cost is low enough that the political and combat disruption it generates is almost free. Horobi, Death's Wail turns that equip trigger into a kill shot, and Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser wants exactly this kind of forced-attack pressure to fuel her own engine.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser
Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser draws cards whenever an opponent attacks someone other than you, so Bloodthirsty Blade's forced-attack clause turns an opponent's biggest threat into a reliable trigger each combat step.
Firkraag, Cunning Instigator
Firkraag, Cunning Instigator rewards opponents attacking each other with goaded creatures and dragon payoffs, and Bloodthirsty Blade manufactures those forced attacks on demand without needing Firkraag to be in combat at all.
Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant
Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant goads and taxes opponents for attacking you, so pairing it with Bloodthirsty Blade ensures the creature you're threatening is legally required to swing — somewhere other than at you, ideally.
Horobi, Death's Wail
The equip activation on Bloodthirsty Blade targets a creature, and Horobi, Death's Wail kills any targeted creature — so moving the Blade to an opponent's creature destroys it outright for one mana.
Xantcha, Sleeper Agent
Xantcha, Sleeper Agent already crosses the table to an opponent's control, and Bloodthirsty Blade slots naturally into that same threat-redirection gameplan, compelling other creatures to attack into bad situations while Xantcha keeps generating political pressure.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Bloodthirsty Blade is a Commander card through and through — its value is almost entirely political, and the multiplayer table is the only context where forcing one creature to attack creates meaningful leverage. In Legacy and Vintage, where it's technically legal, no competitive shell has any use for a two-mana equipment that doesn't meaningfully impact the board state before turn three. Oathbreaker shares enough of Commander's multiplayer DNA that the card can pull its weight in the right forced-combat or goad-adjacent build there too. Outside of those formats, Bloodthirsty Blade simply doesn't exist.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Horobi, Death's WailRevel in RichesBloodthirsty Blade
Destroy any number of creatures opponents control during each of your turns
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.35 bulk tier
At $0.35, Bloodthirsty Blade sits firmly in bulk territory — it's the kind of card you pick up in a trade binder or toss into a cart to hit free shipping. Given its narrow but genuine role in goad and forced-combat Commander builds, that price isn't going anywhere meaningful.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.