Seraphic Greatsword
Artifact — Equipment
Equipped creature gets +2/+2.
Whenever equipped creature attacks the player with the most life or tied for most life, create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying that's tapped and attacking that player.
Equip
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Commander Legends
- Price
- $1.57
- EDHREC rank
- #13815
Seraphic Greatsword creates a 1/1 flying Angel token every combat you attack a player with more creatures than you — equip it to your commander and you're generating free board presence every swing. The total investment is three mana to cast and two to equip, which is reasonable for a repeating token engine that scales harder the further behind you are.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the only format where Seraphic Greatsword is worth discussing — it's legal in Legacy and Vintage but those formats have no interest in a five-mana equipment that conditionally makes 1/1s. In Commander, the card earns its slot in go-wide white strategies, particularly those that attack repeatedly with a single threatening creature like a voltron commander or an aggressive token general. The catch condition — opponent must control more creatures — is almost always met at a four-player table, so the token generation is reliable from the first swing onward.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.57 cheap tier
At $1.57, Seraphic Greatsword sits firmly in the bulk-rare tier — cheap enough to throw in any white aggro or token build without a second thought. Price is unlikely to move much either direction; it's not a casual all-star with broad demand, but it's also not the kind of card that gets reprinted into the ground.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.