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Sword of Vengeance

Artifact — Equipment

Equipped creature gets +2/+0 and has first strike, vigilance, trample, and haste.
Equip {3}

CMC
3
Mana cost
{3}
Color identity
C
Rarity
rare
Set
Commander 2014
Price
$1.24
EDHREC rank
#1543
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Sword of Vengeance card art
Sword of Vengeance puts five keywords on one creature for three mana to equip, and that breadth — first strike, trample, vigilance, haste, and +1/+0 — is the entire argument for running it. Commanders like Gilgamesh, Master-at-Arms that care about equipped creatures turn every one of those keywords into a trigger or a combat advantage, and even in generic voltron shells the card pulls more weight than its price tag suggests.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Gilgamesh, Master-at-Arms

Gilgamesh, Master-at-Arms

60.1% of decks · synergy 0.59

Gilgamesh, Master-at-Arms triggers off equipping and rewards stacking keywords on a single creature, so Sword of Vengeance is essentially a five-trigger delivery system in one card.

02
Balan, Wandering Knight

Balan, Wandering Knight

63.5% of decks · synergy 0.58

Balan, Wandering Knight can attach every Equipment on the battlefield to itself for two mana, so the five keywords on Sword of Vengeance land for free the moment Balan hits play.

03
Bruenor Battlehammer

Bruenor Battlehammer

50.6% of decks · synergy 0.46

Bruenor Battlehammer reduces equip costs to zero for the first Equipment each turn, which means Sword of Vengeance's three-mana equip cost becomes irrelevant and all five keywords arrive at no additional cost.

05
Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale

Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale

46.2% of decks · synergy 0.44

Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale lets Knights equip for free and draws a card whenever an equipped creature attacks, so Sword of Vengeance on any Knight in the deck is a free five-keyword upgrade that also replaces itself.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is where Sword of Vengeance does its best work — Equipment-matters commanders are a dense archetype, and the card's five-keyword spread is uniquely efficient at turning a commander into a one-swing threat. In competitive constructed, Sword of Vengeance doesn't clear the bar: Modern and Pioneer have cheaper, more impactful Equipment options, and the three-mana equip cost is too slow when a game ends by turn four. Legacy and Vintage have access to Equipment with broader applications, so Sword of Vengeance rarely makes those 75. Standard legality matters only during the window it's in rotation, and even there it's a limited-format pickup more than a constructed staple.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$1.24 cheap tier

At $1.24, Sword of Vengeance sits comfortably in the budget tier — low enough to include on impulse in any Equipment or voltron build without a second thought. It has multiple printings keeping the price flat, so there's no pressure to buy now or later.

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