Inventor's Axe
Artifact — Equipment
Flash
When this Equipment enters, you get 
(two energy counters).
When this Equipment enters, attach it to target creature you control.
Equipped creature gets +2/+0.
Equip—Pay .
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Modern Horizons 3
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #15713
Inventor's Axe is a 3/0 Equipment that costs three mana to cast and two more to equip — five mana total to give one creature +3/+0, which is a bad rate by any competitive standard. The Crew 3 discount makes it marginally interesting in Vehicle-tribal shells, but outside of that narrow context it's outclassed by nearly every Equipment at this price point.
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 |
Inventor's Axe is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability aren't the same thing. In Commander, the only home worth considering is a Vehicle-tribal deck where the Crew 3 discount on equip actually applies — commanders like Depala, Pilot Exemplar or Shorikai, Genesis Engine give it a plausible slot. In Pauper, common Equipment options are limited enough that a +3/+0 pump piece has occasional niche use in aggro, though the five-mana investment to get it online is still a real cost. In Legacy, Modern, and Vintage, Inventor's Axe doesn't compete at all — those formats have access to Colossus Hammer, Sword of Fire and Ice, and Umezawa's Jitte.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Inventor's Axe is deep bulk — this is a card you find in a common box, not one you order. It holds no financial interest and is unlikely to move unless a Vehicle-tribal commander breaks out and creates demand, which remains a distant prospect.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.