Nazahn, Revered Bladesmith
Legendary Creature — Cat Artificer
When Nazahn enters, search your library for an Equipment card and reveal it. If you reveal a card named Hammer of Nazahn this way, put it onto the battlefield. Otherwise, put that card into your hand. Then shuffle.
Whenever an equipped creature you control attacks, you may tap target creature defending player controls.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GW
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Treasure Chest
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #12829
Nazahn, Revered Bladesmith enters and immediately tutors any equipment from your library straight to the battlefield — for free — while also providing a locking combat tool in the form of Hammer of Nazahn if you want the package self-contained. Six mana is real, but the enters-the-battlefield tutor and the passive that taps blockers on equipped-creature attacks make Mirri, Weatherlight Duelist builds essentially mandate it.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Mirri, Weatherlight Duelist
Mirri, Weatherlight Duelist already restricts opponents to one blocker per combat, and equipping her with Hammer of Nazahn — fetched for free the turn Nazahn, Revered Bladesmith hits — means she attacks with indestructible into a near-empty board while opponents are locked out of blocking more than once anyway.
Arahbo, Roar of the World
Arahbo, Roar of the World pumps a single cat to massive size each combat, and Nazahn, Revered Bladesmith gives that cat indestructible through Hammer of Nazahn while searching up any other equipment piece the deck needs — turning one ETB into two payoffs simultaneously.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Nazahn, Revered Bladesmith is a Commander card through and through — the ETB tutor is slow and expensive for Legacy or Vintage, and the combat-lock ability only compounds over a long multiplayer game rather than a race to turn four. In Commander, it occupies a unique slot: a creature that doubles as an equipment tutor and a recurring combat threat in the same body, which no cheaper card does as cleanly. Oathbreaker is legal but the six-mana cost is punishing in a 60-card, lower-life-total format where the game ends faster. Stick to Commander for the full payoff.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data for Nazahn, Revered Bladesmith isn't pinned in the current feed, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number before buying. Given its role as a near-mandatory include in Cat equipment builds, demand tends to keep it from hitting bulk pricing — budget accordingly if you're building Mirri or Arahbo.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.