Pathway Arrows
Artifact — Equipment
Equipped creature has "
, 
: This creature deals 1 damage to target creature. If a colorless creature is dealt damage this way, tap it."
Equip
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Battle for Zendikar
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #14493
Pathway Arrows turns any creature into a repeatable deathtouch pinger — equip it to anything with Shelob, Child of Ungoliant's deathtouch and you're killing a creature every turn for one mana. Outside of Shelob, Child of Ungoliant and similar deathtouch commanders, the payoff drops sharply; this is a role-player, not a generalist.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Shelob, Child of Ungoliant
Shelob, Child of Ungoliant has deathtouch natively, so Pathway Arrows lets her pick off any creature you point her at without needing to attack into it — triggering her Food and steal effects without risking combat.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Pathway Arrows is a Commander card through and through. In competitive formats like Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it's too slow and too conditional — paying equip costs to enable deathtouch pings doesn't compete when faster answers exist at every price point. In Commander, it earns its slot exactly once: in deathtouch-centric builds where the ping-to-kill math works every turn. Outside those specific shells, it's a blank.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Shelob, Child of UngoliantDevoted DruidPathway Arrows
Infinite green mana
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Pathway Arrows is deep bulk — pick it up without hesitation if the shell is right. Bulk commons and uncommons with narrow applications rarely appreciate, so treat this as a cheap enabler, not a hold.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.