Idol of the Deep King // Sovereign's Macuahuitl
Artifact // Artifact — Equipment
Flash
When this artifact enters, it deals 2 damage to any target.
Craft with artifact 
(, Exile this artifact, Exile another artifact you control or an artifact card from your graveyard: Return this card transformed under its owner's control. Craft only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #19318
Idol of the Deep King // Sovereign's Macuahuitl is a double-faced artifact that enters as a Treasure-generating idol and transforms into an equipment that pumps a creature — two usable halves on one card. The cost is real: neither side is efficient on its own, so this card earns its slot only in decks that specifically care about artifacts entering, transforming, or equipping.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Tetzin, Gnome Champion
Tetzin, Gnome Champion triggers off artifacts entering and rewards running transforming artifacts, which makes Idol of the Deep King // Sovereign's Macuahuitl a natural fit — it checks both boxes, contributing to Tetzin, Gnome Champion's artifact-count engine while the Sovereign's Macuahuitl side provides a payoff after transformation.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Idol of the Deep King // Sovereign's Macuahuitl sees essentially all of its play, and only in a narrow slice of artifact-matters decks where every ETB and transform event matters. In 60-card formats — Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy — it competes against artifacts that do more for less mana, and the double-faced transformation mechanic isn't rewarded the way dedicated artifact strategies in Commander can be. Pauper is legal but the card punches below the power threshold the format demands. Outside of Tetzin-style Commander builds, there's no compelling reason to run it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Idol of the Deep King // Sovereign's Macuahuitl is deep bulk — buy it for pennies or pull it from a draft chaff pile. Bulk rares with narrow Commander applications rarely climb unless a future commander pushes the archetype hard, so treat it as a cheap pickup for the specific decks that want it, nothing more.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Tetzin, Gnome Champion
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.