Cori-Steel Cutter
Artifact — Equipment
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has trample and haste.
Flurry — Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, create a 1/1 white Monk creature token with prowess. You may attach this Equipment to it. (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, the token gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
Equip 
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm
- Price
- $4.24
- EDHREC rank
- #4587
Cori-Steel Cutter turns every noncreature spell into a free token factory, and at two mana it asks almost nothing to get online. Commanders like The Archimandrite that chain instants and sorceries can generate three or four tokens in a single turn without devoting a single card slot to creature production.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | banned |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Cori-Steel Cutter is banned in Standard — the token generation proved too explosive in a format where it could be deployed on curve repeatedly with little cost. Everywhere else it's legal, and the restriction barely registers in Commander: the singleton rule means you see it once per game, the 100-card dilution slows the most degenerate openings, and the longer game gives opponents time to answer it before it spirals. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it's a known quantity but not dominant; Commander is where it's genuinely at its best, because spell-slinging commanders can generate absurd value from a card that costs less than most rocks.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Archimandrite
The Archimandrite's ability to cast spells from multiple card types means Cori-Steel Cutter triggers constantly, and the tokens feed directly into the go-wide payoffs the deck is already running.
Narset, Enlightened Exile
Narset, Enlightened Exile attacks to cast spells for free, and every free instant or sorcery is another trigger for Cori-Steel Cutter — a single combat step can produce a full board.
Elsha, Threefold Master
Elsha, Threefold Master lets you cast noncreature spells off the top at instant speed, which means Cori-Steel Cutter generates tokens on your opponents' turns as well as your own.
Shiko and Narset, Unified
Shiko and Narset, Unified rewards casting multiple spells each turn, and Cori-Steel Cutter converts that spell volume into creatures that can attack or enable further triggers.
Nahiri, Forged in Fury
Nahiri, Forged in Fury equips for free on attack, and Cori-Steel Cutter ensures there are always fresh bodies to load up with the equipment she's tutoring and deploying.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$4.24 cheap tier
At $4.24, Cori-Steel Cutter sits at the low end of impactful equipment — cheap enough to include on a budget build without a second thought. A Standard ban usually signals genuine power, which tends to keep demand steady rather than letting a card sink into bulk.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.