Pirate's Cutlass
Artifact — Equipment
When this Equipment enters, attach it to target Pirate you control.
Equipped creature gets +2/+1.
Equip 
(: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Commander Legends
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #17727
Pirate's Cutlass is a three-mana equip-two that grants +2/+0 — mediocre stats for a cost that competes with equipment that also adds evasion, protection, or enters already attached. The Pirate subtype restriction on the free equip means outside a dedicated Pirate tribal shell, this is strictly below the Equipment curve.
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 |
Pirate's Cutlass is a bulk role-player in exactly one context: Pirate tribal Commander decks helmed by commanders like Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator or Breeches, Brazen Plunderer, where the free equip trigger fires reliably and the +2/+0 pushes combat damage that matters. In every other Commander shell, better Equipment exists at the same or lower cost. Across competitive formats — Modern, Pioneer, Legacy — Pirate's Cutlass sees no meaningful play; tribal Equipment synergy isn't a viable axis at those power levels. Pauper is the one non-Commander format where tribal budget builds occasionally reach for it, but even there it's a fringe inclusion.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Pirate's Cutlass sits firmly in bulk territory and is unlikely to move — demand is narrow enough that supply will always outpace it. Pick it up if you're building Pirate tribal and want the free-equip trigger; there's no reason to pay more than a quarter for it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.