Phantom Blade
Artifact — Equipment
When this Equipment enters, attach it to up to one target creature you control. Destroy up to one other target creature.
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has menace. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Equip 
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Assassin's Creed
- Price
- $0.27
- EDHREC rank
- #9473
Phantom Blade equips for free and grants the equipped creature unblockable — that's a meaningful combat axis stapled to zero equip cost. The only real cost is the three-mana cast, and in any deck built around Ratonhnhaké꞉ton or assassination triggers, that's an easy trade.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ratonhnhaké꞉ton
Ratonhnhaké꞉ton needs to connect with an opponent's commander to trigger its assassination mechanic, and Phantom Blade's free equip plus unblockable text makes that connection essentially guaranteed — nearly half of all Ratonhnhaké꞉ton decks run it for exactly that reason.
Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain
Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain copies Equipment onto every attacking creature, which means Phantom Blade's unblockable effect can blanket an entire board for zero additional equip investment — one Equipment, whole team slides through.
Ezio Auditore da Firenze
Ezio Auditore da Firenze rewards connecting with opponents' creatures and commanders, and Phantom Blade removes the main obstacle — blockers — without requiring any mana beyond the initial cast.
Basim Ibn Ishaq
Basim Ibn Ishaq triggers off dealing combat damage to players, so Phantom Blade's unblockable text converts the commander from conditional to reliable, firing the ability every single turn it attacks.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Phantom Blade is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it's a Commander card through and through. In Legacy and Vintage the equip-cost reduction is irrelevant when Stoneforge Mystic fetches actual game-ending Equipment, and Modern has enough efficient alternatives that a three-mana do-nothing artifact without immediate board impact struggles to justify a slot. Commander is where the free equip and unblockable text cash out — one-on-one voltron lines and assassination-trigger commanders make Phantom Blade a genuine role-player rather than a filler pick.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.27 bulk tier
At $0.27, Phantom Blade is firmly bulk — low enough that budget is never a consideration when sleeving it up. Bulk rares tied to a single-set IP tend to stay cheap unless the commander archetype spikes in popularity, so don't expect movement either direction.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.