Dark Knight's Greatsword
Artifact — Equipment
Job select (When this Equipment enters, create a 1/1 colorless Hero creature token, then attach this to it.)
Equipped creature gets +3/+0 and is a Knight in addition to its other types.
Chaosbringer — Equip—Pay 3 life. Activate only once each turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Final Fantasy
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #12350
Dark Knight's Greatsword hands equipped creature +3/+0, lifelink, and menace for a combined four mana — that's a meaningful stat line that also fuels life-payment engines. Cecil, Dark Knight is the obvious home, since the Greatsword's lifelink directly enables his damage-dealing ability while keeping his life total healthy.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Cecil, Dark Knight
Cecil, Dark Knight appears in over a third of all decklists running Dark Knight's Greatsword because the sword's lifelink converts his self-damage costs into a renewable resource — swing, pay life, recoup it all through combat.
G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn
G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn runs Dark Knight's Greatsword as a reliable equipment piece that generates life while threatening through two blockers — the menace plus lifelink pairing lines up well with his life-based resource mechanics.
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 |
Dark Knight's Greatsword is legal everywhere except Pauper, but Commander is its natural habitat — the format's longer games let you recover the four-mana investment and actually swing with the equipped creature multiple times. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, the rate is too slow: three mana to cast, one to equip, and you still need a creature already in play. Standard has better options at this price point. Oathbreaker can get mileage out of it in the right life-matters shell, but the ceiling is low.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Dark Knight's Greatsword is deep bulk — you're picking this up out of a dollar box, not tracking it on a buylist. Don't expect the price to move; the ceiling is capped by how narrow the card's appeal is outside Cecil builds.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Cecil, Dark Knight
- G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.