Conductive Machete
Artifact — Equipment
When this Equipment enters, manifest dread, then attach this Equipment to that creature. (Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature and the other into your graveyard. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)
Equipped creature gets +2/+1.
Equip 
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Duskmourn: House of Horror
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #18037
Conductive Machete gives a creature first strike and a power boost for two mana to equip, which is a fine combat trick but not a meaningful axis in Commander. At one mana to cast and two to equip, you're spending three mana total for an effect that doesn't generate card advantage, close games, or protect your board — skip it unless a specific commander demands the first strike text.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Conductive Machete is legal in every major constructed format but sees virtually no play in any of them. In Commander, Equipment needs to either generate value repeatedly, grant evasion, or enable a combo — first strike and +1/+1 does none of those things at scale. In 1v1 formats like Modern and Pioneer, combat tricks on Equipment are too slow compared to instant-speed alternatives that don't cost an equip each time. Standard is the only context where it might briefly appear at the very bottom of a draft pick order, but even there, better common Equipment exists.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Conductive Machete is deep bulk — the kind of card you'll find at the bottom of a collection box. That price reflects demand accurately and isn't going anywhere.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.