Headsplitter
Artifact — Equipment
When this Equipment enters, create a 1/1 black Assassin creature token with menace, then attach this Equipment to it.
Equipped creature gets +1/+0.
Equip 
(: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Assassin's Creed
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #16101
Headsplitter gives a creature menace until end of turn for two mana at instant speed — passable evasion, but two mana for a one-turn buff with no lasting board presence is a bad rate. Run it only if your deck specifically rewards menace triggers and has nothing better to fill the slot.
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 |
Headsplitter is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but it sees essentially no competitive play in any of them. In Pauper it has the most theoretical breathing room — commons-only pools shrink the competition — but even there, combat tricks at two mana need to do more than grant menace for a turn. In Commander, Headsplitter is a fringe include at best, outclassed by equipment or auras that provide menace permanently for a similar or lower investment. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a card this low-impact.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Headsplitter is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. The price is stable simply because demand is too low to move it in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.