Resolute Strike
Instant
Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. If it's a Warrior, you may attach an Equipment you control to it.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Zendikar Rising
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #20619
Resolute Strike is a one-mana instant that equips a piece of Equipment for free and grants the target creature double strike until end of turn — that's a substantial combat swing for a single white mana. It earns a slot only in dedicated Equipment decks where the free equip and double strike stack to create a one-sided blowout; everywhere else, it's a blank.
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 |
In Commander, Resolute Strike is a niche role-player that belongs exclusively in Equipment-centric builds — think Akiri, Line-Slinger or Bruenor Battlehammer shells where the free equip trigger turns a reactive instant into a mana-positive tempo play. In Pauper it's legal and theoretically usable in aggressive white Equipment lists, though the format's removal density makes combat tricks a liability. Modern, Legacy, and Vintage have faster, more resilient options, so Resolute Strike doesn't see meaningful play in any of those formats. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander in use case: worth a look if your planeswalker-commander supports a weapons-matter theme, irrelevant otherwise.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Resolute Strike is deep bulk — you're acquiring it out of a common box, not a singles order. Bulk commons don't appreciate, but this one costs you nothing to try in an Equipment deck and nothing to cut if it underperforms.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.