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Loxodon Warhammer

Artifact — Equipment

Equipped creature gets +3/+0 and has trample and lifelink.
Equip {3}

CMC
3
Mana cost
{3}
Color identity
C
Rarity
rare
Set
Commander 2015
Price
$1.59
EDHREC rank
#933
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Loxodon Warhammer card art
Loxodon Warhammer puts trample, lifelink, and a +3/+0 bonus on any creature for three mana to equip — that combination of keywords and raw stat bump is why it shows up across dozens of archetypes. The cost is real: three to cast and three to equip means you won't be suiting up on turn two, but commanders like Auntie Blyte, Bad Influence that care about life totals and damage conversion turn every point of that lifelink into extra fuel, making the six-mana total investment pay off fast. Even a vanilla threat like Phyrexian Colossus becomes a self-sustaining life engine the moment the Warhammer lands.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Auntie Blyte, Bad Influence

Auntie Blyte, Bad Influence

66.6% of decks · synergy 0.62

Auntie Blyte, Bad Influence converts life loss into counters and damage, so the lifelink on Loxodon Warhammer closes the loop — every point of lifelink triggers Blyte's engine and threatens a lethal ping chain. At 67% inclusion across Blyte decks, it's effectively a staple.

02
Balan, Wandering Knight

Balan, Wandering Knight

64.6% of decks · synergy 0.59

Balan, Wandering Knight can attach every Equipment in play for two mana the turn it attacks, which collapses Loxodon Warhammer's equip cost from a liability into a non-issue. Trample plus lifelink on a double-striker is a reliable close.

03
Bruenor Battlehammer

Bruenor Battlehammer

57.5% of decks · synergy 0.51

Bruenor Battlehammer reduces equip costs by two, making Loxodon Warhammer effectively free to attach — you get the full trample-lifelink package the same turn your threat enters. That cost reduction is the entire reason Warhammer slots in here at 58% inclusion.

04
Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale

Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale

47.8% of decks · synergy 0.45

Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale lets Knights equip for free, so Loxodon Warhammer's normally punishing equip cost disappears entirely, leaving only the upside. Card draw on attack plus a 6/6 trample-lifelink body is a fast clock with built-in gas.

05
Zurgo Helmsmasher

Zurgo Helmsmasher

45.4% of decks · synergy 0.43

Zurgo Helmsmasher is already indestructible on your turn and hits for five — Loxodon Warhammer pushes that to eight trample damage with lifelink, converting Zurgo's aggression into a stabilizing life buffer and making blocks nearly impossible.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Loxodon Warhammer does its best work: the format's slower pace absorbs the six-mana total investment, multiplayer life totals make lifelink meaningful over time, and Equipment synergy commanders are plentiful enough that the Warhammer slots cleanly into dozens of decks. In Legacy and Vintage, it's legal but almost never seen — those formats move too fast for a three-mana artifact that needs another three to become useful, and dedicated Equipment shells don't have a competitive home there. Modern is similarly legal but similarly irrelevant; the format's aggro and midrange threats demand tighter curves, and Warhammer competes poorly against what six mana buys elsewhere. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander format where Loxodon Warhammer has a plausible home, since Equipment-focused signatures can exploit it with a cost-reduction signature spell.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$1.59 cheap tier

At $1.59, Loxodon Warhammer is firmly budget — multiple printings have kept it accessible for years. It won't appreciate meaningfully given the supply, but there's no reason to pay more than this for the effect, and it's the kind of card you pick up as a throw-in without thinking twice.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.