Starforged Sword
Artifact — Equipment
Gift a tapped Fish (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, when it enters, they create a tapped 1/1 blue Fish creature token.)
When this Equipment enters, if the gift was promised, attach this Equipment to target creature you control.
Equipped creature gets +3/+3 and loses flying.
Equip 
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Bloomburrow
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #14504
Starforged Sword puts a +1/+1 counter and a relevant keyword package on a creature the turn it enters — that's immediate board impact before opponents can answer it. Mabel, Heir to Cragflame is the primary home, where every counter and keyword feeds her scaling damage trigger, making this a high-value inclusion at minimal cost.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Mabel, Heir to Cragflame
Mabel, Heir to Cragflame turns every counter and keyword Starforged Sword supplies into additional damage triggers, so the sword isn't just a pump spell — it's a repeatable engine piece that accelerates her toward lethal.
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, Starforged Sword fills a specific niche in Voltron and counter-synergy decks where stacking keywords and +1/+1 counters on a single creature is the game plan. Outside Commander, it's legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but those formats demand stronger rate on Equipment — the sword competes in spaces where Colossus Hammer and Shadowspear set the bar. It's a Commander card first; treat any non-EDH application as a niche exception rather than a reason to seek it out.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Starforged Sword sits firmly in bulk territory — pick it up without a second thought if the synergy applies to your deck. Bulk rares at this price point don't hold or gain value, so treat it as a throw-in, not a spec.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.