Swiftfoot Boots
Artifact — Equipment
Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and 
no matter when it came under your control.)
Equip 
(: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Forgotten Realms Commander
- Price
- $2.64
- EDHREC rank
- #12
Swiftfoot Boots is an auto-include in Commander — two mana to equip hexproof and haste onto your most important creature is one of the best mana-to-protection ratios in the format. The only real trade-off is that it doesn't protect against board wipes, so commanders like Urza, Prince of Kroog and Dogmeat, Ever Loyal still die to a Wrath — but that's a limitation of the card type, not a reason to cut it.
Where It Shines
Where the extra mana on turn one matters most
Combos featuring Urza, Prince of Kroog + Metalworker
Swiftfoot Boots lets Urza, Prince of Kroog attack or tap for value the same turn he lands, which is exactly the tempo edge the Metalworker line needs to go off before opponents can respond.
Combos featuring Urza, Prince of Kroog + Doubling Cube
Getting Urza, Prince of Kroog online immediately means Doubling Cube activations can happen a full turn earlier, turning what would be a three-turn setup into a two-turn window that's much harder to interrupt.
Big-mana shells like Krenko, Mob Boss
Krenko, Mob Boss is one of the most removal-targeted commanders in the format, and Swiftfoot Boots buying him a single untap step is often the difference between a board full of Goblins and a commander sitting in the zone.
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 |
Swiftfoot Boots is legal across every major constructed format but sees almost no competitive play outside Commander — in formats like Modern and Legacy, two mana and an equip cost is far too slow when games end on turns three and four. Pioneer and Standard offer occasional use in creature-centric midrange shells, but dedicated protection spells outclass it there. Commander is where Swiftfoot Boots earns its reputation: your commander is a single point of failure, games go long, and the hexproof plus haste package at two mana is consistently among the most efficient ways to protect an investment.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Urza, Prince of KroogMetalworkerSwiftfoot Boots
Infinite colorless mana; Infinite copies of artifacts you control; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite ETB; Infinite creature copies of artifacts you control
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Urza, Prince of KroogDoubling CubeSwiftfoot Boots
Infinite copies of artifacts you control; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite ETB; Infinite mana permanents you control can produce; Infinite creature copies of artifacts you control
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Drafna, Founder of Lat-NamTimestream NavigatorEncroaching MycosynthSwiftfoot Boots
Infinite turns; Lock
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Current price
$2.64 cheap tier
At $2.64, Swiftfoot Boots sits in the range where it's an easy pick-up with no real budget ceiling to worry about. It's been printed enough times that the price is stable — this is a card you buy once and move between decks, not one you track for movement.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.