Bronze Cudgels
Artifact — Equipment
: Until end of turn, equipped creature gets +X/+0, where X is the number of times this ability has resolved this turn.
Equip (
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #19156
Bronze Cudgels gives one creature +2/+0 until end of turn — a combat trick that trades one-for-one at its best and does nothing outside combat at its worst. For one mana you're getting a temporary boost with no lasting board presence, and that exchange rate doesn't clear the bar in any Constructed format.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Bronze Cudgels is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legal and playable are different things. In Commander, a one-shot +2/+0 pump spell occupies a slot that could be a piece of repeatable interaction or a card that advances your board state past the current turn. Legacy and Vintage have so many powerful options that Bronze Cudgels never sees the light of day. Modern and Pioneer are the most charitable contexts — aggressive red or white lists sometimes want cheap combat tricks — but even there, spells that cantrip or generate permanent value outcompete it. There's no format where Bronze Cudgels is a first-choice inclusion.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Bronze Cudgels is deep bulk — the kind of card that ends up in a land box, not a binder. Don't expect the price to move; there's no competitive demand pulling it upward.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.