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Sword of the Meek

Artifact — Equipment

Equipped creature gets +1/+2.
Equip {2}
Whenever a 1/1 creature you control enters, you may return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield, then attach it to that creature.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{2}
Color identity
C
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Future Sight
Price
$0.75
EDHREC rank
#7162
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Sword of the Meek card art
Sword of the Meek does almost nothing alone — a 1/2 for two mana that hands itself to a creature — but the moment Thopter Foundry enters the picture, it becomes half of one of the most efficient life-and-token engines in the game. Sokka and Suki decks run it for the same reason: the recursive loop rewards any shell that cares about artifacts entering the battlefield repeatedly.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Sokka and Suki

Sokka and Suki

18.9% of decks · synergy 0.19

Sokka and Suki triggers off artifacts entering, and Sword of the Meek returning from the graveyard each time a 1/1 token is made means a single activation can chain into a board-flooding loop. The inclusion rate of nearly 19% reflects how cleanly it slots into that engine.

02
Breya, Etherium Shaper

Breya, Etherium Shaper

37.7% of decks · synergy 0.17

Breya, Etherium Shaper is the canonical home — she generates thopters herself, and Sword of the Meek snaps back to the battlefield every time one enters, fueling the Thopter Foundry loop that wins games on the spot. At 38% inclusion across nearly 21,000 decks, it's a near-staple.

03
Sharuum the Hegemon

Sharuum the Hegemon

16.5% of decks · synergy 0.15

Sharuum the Hegemon reanimates artifacts from the graveyard, and Sword of the Meek is happy to sit there waiting — it also returns on its own trigger whenever a small creature enters, giving the deck a self-sustaining loop even without Sharuum's ability. The 16% inclusion rate understates how cleanly it fits the archetype.

04
Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter

Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter

12.7% of decks · synergy 0.13

Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter sacrifices artifacts to make treasures and thopters, and Sword of the Meek recurs itself every time a 1/1 token appears — meaning Jansen's own activations can pull it back repeatedly without any outside help.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Sword of the Meek is a combo piece first and a defensive equipment second — it shows up almost exclusively to pair with Thopter Foundry, and that combo is strong enough to justify the inclusion on its own. In Legacy, the card was banned for years precisely because that engine was too efficient in Thopter-Depths and related strategies; it's legal now, but the power level hasn't changed, and it still sees fringe play in artifact-based fair decks. Modern is where Sword of the Meek earned its most recent competitive reputation, slotting into Whirza and artifact midrange shells that can assemble the Thopter Foundry loop as a resilient backup win condition. Vintage permits it, but the format's density of broken cards means it rarely surfaces over more explosive options.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.75 bulk tier

At $0.75, Sword of the Meek is firmly bulk despite being a genuine combo piece in multiple formats — the reprint history has kept supply high enough to suppress the price. It's a buy-without-thinking inclusion for any artifact Commander deck running the Thopter Foundry line.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.