Spring-Loaded Sawblades // Bladewheel Chariot
Artifact // Artifact — Vehicle
Flash
When this artifact enters, it deals 5 damage to target tapped creature an opponent controls.
Craft with artifact 
(, Exile this artifact, Exile another artifact you control or an artifact card from your graveyard: Return this card transformed under its owner's control. Craft only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #13584
Spring-Loaded Sawblades // Bladewheel Chariot gives you a cheap artifact that pays off twice — once as an equipment with immediate damage output, then again when it transforms into a vehicle with trample and haste. The cost is low enough that Tetzin, Gnome Champion decks run it without question, treating the transform trigger as a free bonus on top of an already-playable card.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Tetzin, Gnome Champion
Tetzin, Gnome Champion flickers and recurs artifacts for value, and Spring-Loaded Sawblades // Bladewheel Chariot slots in as both an early artifact count and a lategame threat that can crew itself into Bladewheel Chariot when the board is developed — 68% of Tetzin lists already run it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Spring-Loaded Sawblades // Bladewheel Chariot earns its slot in artifact-matters and Vehicles strategies — it's cheap, it does two different things, and both halves are relevant at different points in a game. In constructed formats like Standard, Modern, and Pioneer, the card competes against a much higher bar; the equipment mode is underpowered for those formats and the vehicle mode requires a crew investment that faster decks won't want to make. Legacy and Vintage have zero interest — the power ceiling is simply too low. This is a Commander card through and through, and a narrow one even there.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Spring-Loaded Sawblades // Bladewheel Chariot is bulk — pick it up without thinking about it. Demand is confined almost entirely to Tetzin, Gnome Champion builds, so don't expect the price to move in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Tetzin, Gnome Champion
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.