Forgehammer Centurion
Creature — Phyrexian Warrior
Whenever another creature or artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, put an oil counter on this creature.
Whenever this creature attacks, you may remove two oil counters from it. When you do, target creature can't block this turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #21480
Forgehammer Centurion enters with a +1/+1 counter for each Equipment you control and swings for free via first strike, making it a legitimate threat in any Equipment-heavy shell. The payoff scales hard enough that it's the real deal in the right deck.
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 |
Forgehammer Centurion is irrelevant in competitive non-rotating formats — Legacy and Vintage move too fast for a creature that needs a board of Equipment to be impressive. In Modern and Pioneer, dedicated Equipment synergy decks exist but tend to prefer redundancy at lower mana costs, so Forgehammer Centurion is a fringe inclusion at best. Commander is where it lives: Equipment commanders like Akiri, Line-Slinger or Wyleth, Soul of Steel regularly hit double-digit Equipment counts, and a creature that enters as a 6/6 or bigger with first strike for three mana is genuinely threatening. Pauper lacks the critical mass of efficient Equipment staples to support it consistently, making Commander the clear home.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Forgehammer Centurion is pure bulk — pick it up without a second thought if an Equipment deck needs a finisher on a budget. Bulk rares at this price point rarely move upward unless they hit competitive play, which this one isn't poised to do.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.