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Murderer's Axe

Artifact — Equipment

Equipped creature gets +2/+2.
Equip—Discard a card.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{4}
Color identity
C
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Shadows over Innistrad Remastered
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#24061
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Murderer's Axe card art
Murderer's Axe is a two-mana equip-two that grants +2/+0 and the discard-to-untap mechanic — relevant almost exclusively because Glint-Horn Buccaneer turns every discard into a damage trigger, making the equip cost a repeatable ping engine. Outside that specific synergy, it's a mediocre beater with an awkward equip condition that competes poorly against basically any other equipment.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Murderer's Axe is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees meaningful play in exactly one context: Commander shells built around discard payoffs. In Legacy, Modern, and Vintage, the discard-to-untap mechanic is too slow and too low-impact to compete — those formats have better equipment and better discard outlets at every point on the curve. In Commander, the card earns its slot only when the deck is explicitly built around repeated discard triggers; otherwise it's outclassed by cheaper or more impactful equipment.

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Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Pricing data for Murderer's Axe isn't currently available, but given its narrow application and bulk-rare status, it typically trades near nothing — expect to find copies in bulk bins or as throw-ins. It's worth picking up whenever you're assembling a discard-synergy Commander build, but there's no urgency: supply is not a concern.

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