Hylderblade
Artifact — Equipment
Equipped creature gets +3/+1.
Void — At the beginning of your end step, if a nonland permanent left the battlefield this turn or a spell was warped this turn, attach this Equipment to target creature you control.
Equip 
(: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Edge of Eternities
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #16097
Hylderblade enters with a body and immediately modifies creatures you control, generating the kind of on-board momentum that compounds fast in the right shell. The cost is real — you need Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar or a similarly modification-focused commander to make this more than a vanilla threat.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar
Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar rewards stacking modifications on your creatures, and Hylderblade does exactly that the moment it lands — making it a near-automatic inclusion in the 26% of Vondam decks that already run it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Hylderblade is a role-player, not a staple — it belongs in modification-matters builds and has no business outside them. Constructed formats like Standard, Pioneer, and Modern are legal territory, but there's no competitive shell currently asking for what Hylderblade does at this mana cost. Legacy and Vintage give it the legal green light, but the power ceiling of those formats leaves it firmly on the shelf.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Hylderblade sits squarely in bulk territory — easy to pick up, easy to cut without regret. Bulk rares with narrow synergy applications rarely climb unless a new commander breaks the archetype wide open, so treat this as a cheap piece of a specific engine, not a long-term hold.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.