Leering Emblem
Artifact — Equipment
Whenever you cast a spell, equipped creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
Equip 
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Eventide
- Price
- $2.70
- EDHREC rank
- #16952
Leering Emblem turns every spell you cast into a power pump, threatening lethal on an equipped creature the longer the game runs. The setup cost is real — equip mana each turn adds up — but in spellslinger or storm-adjacent builds it snowballs faster than opponents expect.
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 |
In Commander, Leering Emblem belongs in dedicated spellslinger or Voltron builds — the counter payoff is too slow for generalist decks but genuinely threatening when you're casting four or five spells a turn. Legacy and Vintage have no room for it; those formats' combo and tempo decks don't want a three-mana artifact that requires additional equip investment to do anything. Modern is legal but similarly uninterested — Equipment strategies there demand immediate board impact, not a counter engine. Leering Emblem's real home is Commander, specifically at tables where a single creature can close a game if left unanswered for a few turns.
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Price Context
Current price
$2.70 cheap tier
At $2.70, Leering Emblem sits in a comfortable budget slot that won't strain any deck's acquisition cost. It's a niche card with a narrow home, so don't expect the price to move much in either direction — you buy it because you want it, not because it'll appreciate.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.