Gauntlet of Might
Artifact
Red creatures get +1/+1.
Whenever a Mountain is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional 
.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Collectors' Edition
- Price
- $135.50
- EDHREC rank
- #12244
Gauntlet of Might pumps every Mountain you control and every Mountain your opponents control, then gives all red creatures +1/+1 and haste — a symmetrical mana boost that you exploit harder than anyone else at the table. The catch is a $135 price tag that makes it a luxury card, not a staple.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Gauntlet of Might is at its best in mono-red decks where you control every Mountain on the table and your opponents have few or none — the symmetry collapses almost entirely in your favor. Legacy and Vintage permit it, but those formats move too fast for a three-mana artifact with no immediate board impact to compete; it's a curiosity there, not a role player. Oathbreaker is the sleeper format for this card: 20-life totals mean the haste and power buff close games faster, and mono-red oathbreaker builds can exploit the Mountain ramp before opponents stabilize.
Key Combos
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Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Gauntlet of Power does roughly the same job for a third of the price — it costs five mana instead of three and only buffs one chosen color, but it replaces Gauntlet of Might in any deck that just wants the mana acceleration and stat boost. If you only care about the haste clause, Mass Hysteria costs one mana and gives every creature on the board haste for under a dollar, though it surrenders the ramp and the pump entirely.
Price Context
Current price
$135.50 premium tier
At $135.50, Gauntlet of Might sits firmly in the premium tier — it's an original Alpha/Beta printing that has never been reprinted at mass scale, and scarcity is doing most of the pricing work. That scarcity also means the price is stable rather than liquid, so you're buying a collectible as much as a game piece; budget mono-red players should run Gauntlet of Power and not look back.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.