Cultist's Staff
Artifact — Equipment
Equipped creature gets +2/+2.
Equip 
(: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Eldritch Moon
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #24050
Cultist's Staff is a three-mana equipment that gives +2/+1 and deathtouch — solid stats for the cost, and deathtouch turns even a 1/1 into a credible blocker or trade threat. It's playable in creature-centric decks that lack access to better equipment, but it won't make the cut anywhere the competition is stiff.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Cultist's Staff fills the budget slot for decks that want deathtouch enablers — sacrifice loops, fight spell packages, or go-wide strategies where one deathtouch creature becomes a deterrent. It won't compete with Shadowspear or Basilisk Collar, but it does the job at the kitchen table without spending real resources. In Pauper, where the card pool is commons-only, Cultist's Staff is a legitimate equipment option for aggro or midrange creature decks that need the deathtouch upside. Across Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer, it simply doesn't clear the power bar — there's no shell where a three-mana equipment with these stats warrants a slot.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Cultist's Staff is deep bulk — you'll find it in a common box before you'd bother ordering it. There's no price pressure here and no reason to expect movement; it's a pick-up-when-you-need-it card.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.