Talonrend
Creature — Elemental
Flying
: This creature gets +1/-1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Eventide
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #31006
Talonrend is a new Equipment from Tarkir: Dragonstorm that grants the equipped creature +2/+0 and first strike for two mana to equip — solid stats for aggressive creature-based strategies. The rate is fair rather than exceptional, but the combination of power boost and first strike on demand makes Talonrend a reliable role-player wherever cheap, repeatable combat advantage matters.
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 |
In Commander, Talonrend fits cleanly into Equipment-matters decks — Voltron commanders and go-wide aggressive builds both welcome the first strike insurance, which turns combat trades into one-sided outcomes. In Legacy, Modern, and Vintage, the card is legal but faces stiff competition from Equipments with stronger rate-to-effect ratios or built-in value, so Talonrend won't see play in those formats outside dedicated Equipment synergy shells. Oathbreaker is the one fringe non-Commander 60-card format where a cheap aggressive Equipment could carve out a niche, but again only in a purpose-built strategy. The card's home is Commander, full stop.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Talonrend is deep bulk — you can pick up copies without a second thought. Bulk Equipment rarely climbs unless it finds a combo home or a format-defining shell, and nothing about Talonrend's text points toward either.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.