Hookblade
Artifact — Equipment
When this Equipment enters, attach it to target creature you control.
Equipped creature gets +1/+0.
During your turn, equipped creature has flying.
Equip 
(: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Assassin's Creed
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #10444
Hookblade gives a creature +1/+1 and evasion via unblockability for a single blue mana equip cost, making it a reliable damage enabler on a budget. It's narrowly focused on Ratonhnhaké꞉ton-style Assassin strategies and doesn't pull its weight in any other shell.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ratonhnhaké꞉ton
Ratonhnhaké꞉ton rewards connecting with opponents repeatedly, and Hookblade's unblockable effect turns that from conditional to guaranteed — one equip and your commander is getting through every combat. The +1/+1 is incidental; the evasion is the reason it slots into 25% of these decks.
Ezio Auditore da Firenze
Ezio Auditore da Firenze needs creatures to deal combat damage to players to trigger his assassination mechanic, and Hookblade provides cheap, repeatable insurance that the equipped creature connects. At roughly 20% inclusion, it's a role-player rather than a staple, but the equip cost keeps it accessible in lower-budget builds.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Hookblade is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its home is firmly Commander — specifically the Assassins-matter niche built around the Assassin's Creed crossover cards. In Legacy and Vintage, equipment that doesn't generate immediate card advantage or protect a combo piece isn't competing for slots. Modern has enough pushed equipment that a +1/+1 and unblockable on a 1-mana equip cost doesn't clear the bar for constructed play. In Commander, Hookblade is a budget evasion piece for creature-combat strategies that need a connector, not a finisher.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Hookblade is deep bulk — you're not paying for power, you're paying for a role-player that does exactly one thing. It's unlikely to climb in price given its narrow application, but at that cost there's no reason to cut it from a deck that actually wants it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.