Malamet Scythe
Artifact — Equipment
Flash
When this Equipment enters, attach it to target creature you control.
Equipped creature gets +2/+2.
Equip 
(: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #19558
Malamet Scythe turns any creature with power 4 or greater into a self-equipping threat — the equip cost drops to zero when your creature already clears that threshold, so you're paying three mana to permanently upgrade your board with no ongoing tax. It's a legitimate equipment in go-wide stompy and +1/+1 counter decks, not a bulk filler card despite the price tag.
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 Malamet Scythe earns its keep — green stompy commanders and counter-stacking strategies frequently run creatures that hit power 4 naturally, which means the zero-equip clause triggers constantly and you're never paying full price. In 1v1 formats like Modern and Pioneer, the three-mana artifact investment is a significant tempo ask for an aggressive deck, and dedicated Equipment shells there have stronger payoffs with better equip synergies. Pauper's creature-based strategies could theoretically use it, but the format's top threats rarely sit at power 4 without significant setup. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters — the ceiling is too low for those environments. Stick to Commander, where the free-equip upside compounds across a long game and multiple creatures.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Malamet Scythe is pure bulk — the kind of card you pick up as an afterthought in a order or pull from a common box without thinking twice. Don't expect the price to move; it solves a narrow problem well but never crosses into staple territory that would push demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.