Taj-Nar Swordsmith
Creature — Cat Soldier
When this creature enters, you may pay 
. If you do, search your library for an Equipment card with mana value X or less, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Commander 2017
- Price
- $0.32
- EDHREC rank
- #14343
Taj-Nar Swordsmith enters and immediately tutors any Equipment directly onto the battlefield — the cost is X mana equal to the Equipment's mana cost on top of the three to cast the Swordsmith, so you're paying a premium for the convenience. In Balan, Wandering Knight and similar Voltron shells, that premium is worth every mana, since finding the one piece that wins the game is the whole plan.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Balan, Wandering Knight
Balan, Wandering Knight needs to assemble a specific Equipment stack fast, and Taj-Nar Swordsmith is a tutor-on-a-body that pulls whatever piece is missing — whether that's Sword of Fire and Ice for protection or Colossus Hammer for the kill.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Taj-Nar Swordsmith is a Commander card through and through — the tutor effect is too slow and mana-inefficient for competitive Legacy or Vintage, where Equipment decks don't exist at meaningful levels anyway. In Commander, it earns its slot in any white deck built around Equipments, especially Voltron strategies that need redundancy in their tutor package alongside Stoneforge Mystic. Outside of Commander, it's legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Modern but sees essentially zero play in those formats, and it's not legal in Pioneer, Standard, or Pauper.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.32 bulk tier
At $0.32, Taj-Nar Swordsmith is firmly bulk — easy to pick up as a four-of or a throw-in without a second thought. Given its narrow home in Equipment Commander decks and the ceiling that puts on demand, don't expect that price to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Balan, Wandering Knight
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.