Gimli's Axe
Artifact — Equipment
Equipped creature gets +3/+0.
As long as equipped creature is legendary, it has menace. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Equip 
(: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #10474
Gimli's Axe enters as a three-mana Equipment that pumps power and grants haste, but the real payoff is the built-in equip-for-free trigger when you attack — no extra mana, no hoops. Bruenor Battlehammer already cuts equip costs to near-zero, which makes the redundancy overkill in the best way: you're suiting up a creature every combat for free no matter which cost-reduction effect fires first.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Bruenor Battlehammer
Bruenor Battlehammer's passive already makes expensive equip costs irrelevant, and Gimli's Axe layers on a second free-equip trigger on attack — the result is a consistent haste-and-power boost that costs zero mana to stick on whichever creature is swinging that turn.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Gimli's Axe is a bulk draft pickup in Commander and essentially nowhere else. In Commander, it earns a slot specifically in Equipment-matters builds where free equip triggers compound into real value — outside that niche, three mana for a modest pump and haste is below rate. In Legacy, Vintage, and Modern, dedicated Equipment decks run Stoneforge Mystic lines and want Equipments that either win on contact or cost nothing to cast; Gimli's Axe does neither. Pauper is the one non-Commander format where it could see fringe play, since haste enablers at common are limited, but the competition from cheaper artifacts makes it a stretch.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Gimli's Axe is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and nothing else. Don't expect the price to move; Equipment with this narrow a niche rarely climbs unless a pushed commander sends demand spiking overnight.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.