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Captain's Claws

Artifact — Equipment

Equipped creature gets +1/+0.
Whenever equipped creature attacks, create a 1/1 white Kor Ally creature token that's tapped and attacking.
Equip {1}

CMC
2
Mana cost
{2}
Color identity
C
Rarity
rare
Set
Oath of the Gatewatch Promos
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#10122
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Captain's Claws card art
Captain's Claws generates a 1/1 Kor Ally token every time the equipped creature attacks, turning any reliable attacker into a token engine at the cost of two mana to cast and one to equip. In decks built around Sokka and Suki or doubling effects like Mondrak, Glory Dominus, that incremental token production compounds fast enough to matter.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Sokka and Suki

Sokka and Suki

22.3% of decks · synergy 0.22

Sokka and Suki's ability rewards attacking with multiple creatures, so Captain's Claws turns each swing into a self-reinforcing loop — the Kor Ally token it creates joins the attack the following turn, growing the trigger count and accelerating the engine.

02
Graaz, Unstoppable Juggernaut

Graaz, Unstoppable Juggernaut

20.2% of decks · synergy 0.19

Graaz, Unstoppable Juggernaut turns every creature into a Juggernaut, so the 1/1 Kor Ally token Captain's Claws creates becomes a relevant attacker the moment it enters — low-cost token production that feeds directly into Graaz's board-wide anthem and forced-attack gameplan.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Captain's Claws is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker. In Commander it earns its slot in token-doubler builds and equipment-matters decks — not because it's explosive, but because it's cheap to cast, easy to move between creatures, and produces value every combat step passively. In Pioneer and Modern the rate is too slow for a constructed environment where Equipment needs to do more than generate vanilla 1/1s; aggressive token strategies there reach for more powerful payoffs. Commander is the format where the card actually performs.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Current pricing data for Captain's Claws isn't available in the system right now — check Scryfall or your preferred retailer for the latest figure. As a low-demand equipment from a mid-era set, it typically sits in bulk-rare territory and is easy to pick up without much hunting.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.