Steelclaw Lance
Artifact — Equipment
Equipped creature gets +2/+2.
Equip Knight 
Equip 
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Throne of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #22833
Steelclaw Lance puts +2/+2 and first strike on a creature for two mana and an equip cost of two more — solid stats, but the four-mana total investment to move it means it's only worth running when your commander is the creature you're suiting up every game. If your deck isn't built around a single recursive threat, this gets outclassed by equipment that either costs less to equip or does more on board.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Steelclaw Lance is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it's a Commander card in practice. In 60-card formats, four total mana for a conditional +2/+2 first strike doesn't compete with Colossus Hammer, Embercleave, or the suite of one-mana equipment that sees actual play. Commander is the only format where the card earns its slot, and only in dedicated equipment decks where the equip cost gets reduced or waived by the commander's ability. Oathbreaker is the one other format where it might see table time, again only under the right signature spell or planeswalker pairing.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
Steelclaw Lance sits at $0.15 — deep bulk, the kind of card you pull from a box rather than buy. At that price it holds no monetary value to speak of, but the question was never about money; it's a role-player you include because it costs nothing to acquire, not because it's the strongest option.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.