Is Ezio, Blade of Vengeance good in Commander?

Ezio, Blade of Vengeance in Commander

Ezio, Blade of Vengeance is a cheap, evasive creature that rewards you for doing what Assassin decks already want to do — connecting with opponents and eliminating threats. The cost of running it is effectively zero in any black-based Assassin shell; the floor is a serviceable two-drop and the ceiling is a recurring source of card advantage or poison accumulation depending on your build.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

Ezio Auditore da Firenze

81.9% of decks · synergy 0.79

Ezio Auditore da Firenze is the natural home — Ezio, Blade of Vengeance slots directly into the Assassin-tribal engine the commander is built around, triggering off combat damage and synergizing with the poison and deathtouch themes that define the deck.

02

Ramses, Assassin Lord

59.2% of decks · synergy 0.58

Ramses, Assassin Lord buffs every Assassin you control, so Ezio, Blade of Vengeance comes down as a buffed evasive threat that feeds directly into Ramses's win condition of killing opponents through combat damage.

03

Etrata, Deadly Fugitive

54.3% of decks · synergy 0.53

Etrata, Deadly Fugitive wants a wide board of attacking Assassins to maximize her hit-trigger value, and Ezio, Blade of Vengeance is exactly the kind of low-cost, evasive body that keeps that engine running.

04

Ratonhnhaké꞉ton

42.5% of decks · synergy 0.42

Ratonhnhaké꞉ton rewards you for going wide and attacking, and Ezio, Blade of Vengeance adds another cheap Assassin to the pile that can connect reliably and generate incremental advantage across multiple combats.

05

Basim Ibn Ishaq

32.5% of decks · synergy 0.31

Basim Ibn Ishaq cares about Assassins dealing damage and accumulating poison counters, making Ezio, Blade of Vengeance a natural inclusion as an evasive early threat that contributes to both lines of play.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

Format	Verdict
commander	legal
legacy	legal
modern	legal
pioneer	not legal
standard	not legal
vintage	legal
pauper	not legal
oathbreaker	legal

Commander is the clear home for Ezio, Blade of Vengeance — the card is purpose-built for the Assassin-tribal space that only really exists at the 100-card singleton table, and the multiplayer environment lets its combat-damage triggers fire multiple times a turn cycle. In Legacy and Vintage, it's technically legal but has no competitive application; the rate is fine for a two-drop but neither format is looking for tribal Assassin payoffs. Oathbreaker could support it in a dedicated Assassin shell, though the card pool constraints make that a narrower proposition than Commander.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

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Pricing data for Ezio, Blade of Vengeance isn't available at the moment — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current market prices. Given its high inclusion rate in Assassin-tribal Commander decks, demand is real, so it's worth picking up sooner rather than later if you're building in that space.