Hedron Blade
Artifact — Equipment
Equipped creature gets +1/+1.
Whenever equipped creature becomes blocked by one or more colorless creatures, it gains deathtouch until end of turn. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
Equip 
(: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Battle for Zendikar
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #23390
Hedron Blade equips for one mana and gives the equipped creature +1/+0 plus deathtouch — relevant stats for a two-mana equipment. The deathtouch rider is the whole reason to run it: one point of damage kills anything, which turns even a 1/1 into a credible blocker or attacker against X/X threats.
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 |
In Commander, Hedron Blade earns a slot almost exclusively in decks that weaponize deathtouch — Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons, Glissa, the Traitor, or any Voltron build that wants cheap deathtouch to discourage blocks. Competitive formats like Modern and Legacy have no interest in it; one-mana equipment that only grants +1/+0 and deathtouch is too low-impact when efficient threats and interaction exist at every turn. Pauper is the one non-Commander format where Hedron Blade can see fringe play, since deathtouch on an evasive common creature can trade up against bigger threats at minimal cost.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Hedron Blade sits firmly in bulk territory and will stay there — it's a narrow equipment with no competitive demand outside Commander deathtouch synergy packages. Pick it up in a bulk bin rather than as a singles purchase; it's not worth paying shipping for on its own.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.