Strata Scythe
Artifact — Equipment
Imprint — When this Equipment enters, search your library for a land card, exile it, then shuffle.
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each land on the battlefield with the same name as the exiled card.
Equip 
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander 2014
- Price
- $0.58
- EDHREC rank
- #8150
Strata Scythe lands as a massive, cheap-to-equip pump spell in mono-colored decks — Imprint a basic land type and it scales directly with how many of those basics you run, routinely delivering +10/+10 or more by mid-game. Thrun, Breaker of Silence is the poster child: a hexproof, indestructible threat that opponents can't target or block profitably becomes a one-shot kill with this in play.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Thrun, Breaker of Silence
Thrun, Breaker of Silence is the ideal carrier — hexproof and indestructible means Strata Scythe sits on the battlefield without fear of removal, and a mono-green deck stacking 30-plus Forests turns Thrun into a lethal swinger as early as turn four.
Charix, the Raging Isle
Charix, the Raging Isle has a base toughness that already dwarfs its power, so Strata Scythe's symmetrical +X/+X bonus — drawn from a mono-blue Island count — closes the power gap and makes Charix a credible one-hit kill instead of a defensive wall.
The Mindskinner
The Mindskinner wants to maximize mill triggers off combat damage, so Strata Scythe's role is simple: make it big enough to connect every turn, and a deep Island or Swamp count in the deck makes that consistently achievable.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Strata Scythe is a Commander card through and through — the format's 100-card singleton structure and mono-colored commanders create the exact conditions where Imprinting a basic land type pays off most, since decks routinely run 30-plus copies of one basic. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but sees no play; three mana to cast plus one to equip is too slow when opponents are winning on turn one or two. Modern is the same story: the equip cost and setup time don't compete with the format's efficient threats and interaction. Strata Scythe lives and dies in Commander, where games go long, mono-colored aggro commanders need a reliable finisher, and the basic land count does the work for you.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.58 bulk tier
At $0.58, Strata Scythe is bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in trade or a cheap online order. It's a niche card with a narrow home, so don't expect price movement, but for the decks that want it the entry cost is essentially zero.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Thrun, Breaker of Silence
- Charix, the Raging Isle
- The Mindskinner
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.