Swashbuckler's Whip
Artifact — Equipment
Equipped creature has reach, "
, 
: Tap target artifact or creature," and "
, : Discover 10." (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with mana value 10 or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)
Equip 
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #13788
Swashbuckler's Whip gives a creature +2/+0 and first strike for one mana — a clean, permanent buff that doubles as an activated ability for Agatha of the Vile Cauldron to copy onto every creature she exiles. The cost is almost nothing, which makes it hard to argue against running it in the right shell.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Agatha of the Vile Cauldron
Agatha of the Vile Cauldron exiles creatures with activated abilities and grants those abilities to her other creatures — Swashbuckler's Whip turns a simple stat pump into a board-wide first strike engine the moment Agatha starts stacking counters.
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 |
Swashbuckler's Whip is legal everywhere except Pauper, but competitive constructed formats have no interest in a one-mana aura with no enters-the-battlefield effect and no protection. Commander is its home: activated-ability synergies are everywhere, the format's slower pace makes enchanting a creature less of a liability, and the specific overlap with Agatha of the Vile Cauldron puts it on the radar for a real archetype. Outside of that niche, it's background noise in Standard, Pioneer, and Modern.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Swashbuckler's Whip is bulk in the strictest sense — pick up a playset for the cost of a vending machine coffee. Bulk rares fluctuate but rarely climb without a competitive breakout, and this card's ceiling is firmly Commander-niche, so don't expect movement.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.