Kor Halberd
Artifact — Equipment
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has vigilance.
Equip 
(: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- March of the Machine
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #14616
Kor Halberd gives a creature lifelink and a permanent +1/+1 counter when it deals combat damage to a player — solid upside, but the equip cost of 2 and the condition-gated counter make it too slow for competitive tables. It's a bulk equipment that earns its slot only in dedicated lifegain or +1/+1 counter synergy builds.
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 |
Kor Halberd is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but sees negligible play in every competitive format — the equipment slot is too contested. In Commander, where lifegain commanders like Oloro, Ageless Ascetic or +1/+1 counter builds around Atraxa, Praetors' Voice can extract repeat value from each combat trigger, Kor Halberd at least has a home. Pauper is the one format where its low mana floor could matter, but even there, more efficient equipment exists. Treat it as a Commander-only consideration, and only in the right archetype.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Kor Halberd is firmly bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. It holds no financial value worth tracking, but if the effect fits your deck, the cost of entry is negligible.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.