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Sword of the Paruns

Artifact — Equipment

As long as equipped creature is tapped, tapped creatures you control get +2/+0.
As long as equipped creature is untapped, untapped creatures you control get +0/+2.
{3}: You may tap or untap equipped creature.
Equip {3}

CMC
4
Mana cost
{4}
Color identity
C
Rarity
rare
Set
Commander Anthology
Price
$1.17
EDHREC rank
#5333
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Sword of the Paruns card art
Sword of the Paruns is a mana engine disguised as an equipment — tap it to untap all creatures you control, and in the right shell that reads as infinite mana with a single piece like Priest of Titania. The cost is real: four to cast and three to activate adds up fast, so you need a commander like Redshift, Rocketeer Chief that can turn the untap into enough value to justify the investment.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Redshift, Rocketeer Chief

Redshift, Rocketeer Chief

55.8% of decks · synergy 0.55

Redshift, Rocketeer Chief appears in over half of all tracked lists running Sword of the Paruns, and for good reason — Redshift's ability to untap and reuse crew-dependent effects turns the Sword into a repeatable engine that can generate mana or trigger abilities multiple times per turn.

02
Yurlok of Scorch Thrash

Yurlok of Scorch Thrash

43.4% of decks · synergy 0.41

Yurlok of Scorch Thrash wants to spike mana production to punish opponents who can't spend it fast enough, and Sword of the Paruns lets Yurlok's tap ability fire repeatedly in a single turn to flood the table with excess mana.

03
Selvala, Explorer Returned

Selvala, Explorer Returned

14.9% of decks · synergy 0.14

Selvala, Explorer Returned is a classic untap target — her tap ability produces mana and draws cards, and Sword of the Paruns converts that into a loop that can go arbitrarily deep if the mana production exceeds the activation cost.

04
Ezuri, Renegade Leader

Ezuri, Renegade Leader

15.2% of decks · synergy 0.14

Ezuri, Renegade Leader needs green mana in large quantities to pump the team repeatedly, and Sword of the Paruns plus any high-output elf — most of the deck — can generate that mana without needing a dedicated combo package.

05
Marwyn, the Nurturer

Marwyn, the Nurturer

14.2% of decks · synergy 0.13

Marwyn, the Nurturer scales her power with each elf that enters, and Sword of the Paruns can untap her to convert that stored power directly into mana, frequently producing enough on the first loop to pay for every subsequent activation.

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

Sword of the Paruns is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Commander is the only format where it sees meaningful play. In Legacy and Vintage the mana investment — four to cast, three to activate — is simply too slow against format threats, and the untap effect doesn't map onto the dominant strategies there. Modern has access to more efficient combo infrastructure, so the Sword competes poorly for the same slot. Commander is where Sword of the Paruns earns its place: singleton mana-dork decks that need a colorless untap outlet treat it as a functional redundancy for the effects on Staff of Domination or Umbral Mantle, often at a fraction of the cost.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

4,566 decks
Skirk ProspectorKrenko, Mob BossSword of the Paruns

Skirk ProspectorKrenko, Mob BossSword of the Paruns

Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite red mana; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce

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Price Context

Current price

$1.17 cheap tier

At $1.17, Sword of the Paruns sits firmly in budget territory — you're paying almost nothing for a card that closes out games in elf and tap-for-mana shells. Price this low tends to be stable; it's not a casual staple chased by casual buyers, so expect it to stay in this range rather than spike.

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