Prying Blade
Artifact — Equipment
Equipped creature gets +1/+0.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Equip 
(: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ixalan
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #6424
Prying Blade straps a Treasure-generating engine onto a creature for one mana, turning every successful attack into mana acceleration for the rest of the game. The catch is that you need combat damage to connect, so it lives and dies by your ability to find an unblocked creature — which is exactly why Slicer, Hired Muscle, a card that forces opponents to suit up and swing, is the natural home.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Slicer, Hired Muscle
Slicer, Hired Muscle hands control of a 7/4 double-striker to an opponent who then attacks someone else — Prying Blade means that forced attack generates a Treasure for you every single combat, turning your opponent's swing into your mana engine.
Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos
Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos cares about dealing combat damage to opponents and building advantage through that pressure, and Prying Blade slots in as a zero-friction payoff — each hit rewards you with a Treasure on top of whatever trigger Alexios already generates.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Prying Blade is a Commander card through and through — the Treasure snowball it enables is most meaningful in a multiplayer game where you have multiple opponents to swing at and more turns to convert mana advantage into wins. In Pauper it's technically legal and cheap enough to slot somewhere, but aggressive decks there usually want more direct damage output than a trinket that pays off over several turns. In Modern, Legacy, and Vintage the card is legal but invisible — one-mana Equipment that doesn't win on contact has no competitive application in those formats. Oathbreaker is the one alternate format where Prying Blade might see genuine play, since the lower life totals and faster pace still reward Treasure generation without punishing the slower payoff as harshly.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Prying Blade sits firmly in bulk territory — you're buying a playset for less than a pack of sleeves. Bulk Equipment rarely climbs unless a new commander pushes the synergy into the spotlight, so treat it as a cheap pickup for the decks that want it, not a spec.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Slicer, Hired Muscle
- Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.