Strength of Arms
Instant
Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. If you control an Equipment, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad Remastered
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #20389
Strength of Arms puts a +1/+1 counter on a creature and creates a 1/1 Human token — both for one white mana, at instant speed, as long as you control an Equipment. That condition is easy to meet in any Equipment-centric shell, and the two-body output at one mana is the kind of rate that wins combat math in your favor.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Strength of Arms slots cleanly into Equipment-focused decks — Danitha Capashen, Syr Gwyn, or any Voltron build that consistently has a piece of Equipment on board. The token plus counter split lets it function as either a combat trick or a board-presence spell depending on the moment. In Pauper, where one-mana instants with two-for-one upside see real play, it's a reasonable inclusion in white weenie or Equipment strategies. Modern and Pioneer have faster clocks and stricter card-quality thresholds, so Strength of Arms rarely makes the cut outside of fringe Equipment synergy builds. Legacy and Vintage have no real home for it — the effect is fair, and those formats punish fair.
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Price Context
Current price
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Current pricing data isn't available for Strength of Arms, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number. As a common-rarity, narrow-condition instant, it typically sits at bulk pricing — if you need it for an Equipment deck, it's almost certainly a low-cost pickup.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.