Gilded Pinions
Artifact — Equipment
When this Equipment enters, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Equipped creature has flying.
Equip 
(: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Streets of New Capenna
- Price
- $0.27
- EDHREC rank
- #8914
Gilded Pinions enters, puts a Flying counter on a creature you control, then taps to make a Treasure — two relevant effects stapled to a two-mana artifact that never stops generating value. In token and artifact-matters shells like Jaheira, Friend of the Forest or Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward // Candlekeep Sage, that combination of evasion-granting and mana acceleration is exactly what a two-drop should be doing.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward // Candlekeep Sage
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward // Candlekeep Sage blinks permanents repeatedly, and Gilded Pinions re-enters each time to stack another Flying counter and cash out another Treasure — the card does double duty as both evasion engine and mana engine in a single artifact slot.
Stangg, Echo Warrior
Stangg, Echo Warrior copies nonland permanents, so Gilded Pinions hitting the battlefield twice means two Flying counters distributed immediately and two Treasure activations available each turn.
Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender
Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender cares about artifacts being sacrificed, and Gilded Pinions produces a Treasure that feeds that sacrifice trigger while also putting a Flying counter on Syr Ginger itself to make blocking a nightmare.
Cadira, Caller of the Small
Cadira, Caller of the Small goes wide with Rabbits, and Gilded Pinions gives one of those tokens flying to push past ground stalls while the Treasure activation ramps into payoffs.
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 |
Gilded Pinions is legal across essentially every major format but finds its real home in Commander, where a repeatable Treasure tap on an artifact that also permanently upgrades a creature is worth the slot in the right shell. In Pauper it's playable in artifact-synergy or flicker strategies — the common print keeps it accessible — though the competition for two-mana artifacts at that power level is real. In Modern, Pioneer, or Legacy the card is too slow and too low-impact to see play; those formats don't want a two-mana setup piece that taps for one mana.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Jaheira, Friend of the ForestAcademy ManufactorClock of OmensPrototype PortalGilded Pinions
Infinite tapped Clue tokens; Infinite tapped Food tokens; Infinite copies of a specific artifact; Infinite tapped Treasure tokens
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Jaheira, Friend of the ForestPeregrin TookClock of OmensPrototype PortalGilded Pinions
Infinite tapped Food tokens; Infinite copies of a specific artifact; Infinite tapped Treasure tokens; Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.27 bulk tier
At $0.27, Gilded Pinions is deep bulk — pick it up without a second thought. Bulk artifacts with niche Commander homes rarely appreciate, but at this price that's irrelevant: you're buying the effect, not the spec.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Jaheira, Friend of the Forest
- Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward // Candlekeep Sage
- Stangg, Echo Warrior
- Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender
- Cadira, Caller of the Small
- Academy Manufactor
- Clock of Omens
- Prototype Portal
- Peregrin Took
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.