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The Aetherspark

Legendary Artifact Planeswalker — Equipment

As long as The Aetherspark is attached to a creature, The Aetherspark can't be attacked and has "Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage during your turn, put that many loyalty counters on The Aetherspark."
+1: Attach The Aetherspark to up to one target creature you control. Put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.
−5: Draw two cards.
−10: Add ten mana of any one color.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{4}
Color identity
C
Rarity
mythic
Set
Aetherdrift
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#2155
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The Aetherspark card art
The Aetherspark lets you attach Equipment to creatures at instant speed without paying equip costs — a meaningful tempo swing that turns combat math into a nightmare for opponents. The catch is the setup: you need creatures and Equipment already on board, making it a redundant piece alongside Brass Squire rather than a standalone engine. Cloud, Midgar Mercenary decks run it at nearly 40% inclusion because the payoff there is immediate and repeatable.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Cloud, Midgar Mercenary

Cloud, Midgar Mercenary

38.6% of decks · synergy 0.35

Cloud, Midgar Mercenary is an Equipment-matters commander, and The Aetherspark's free instant-speed equip ability directly multiplies Cloud's power by letting you suit up in response to blocks or removal. At 38% inclusion across nearly 7,000 decks, this is the canonical home.

02
Gilgamesh, Master-at-Arms

Gilgamesh, Master-at-Arms

30.7% of decks · synergy 0.29

Gilgamesh, Master-at-Arms wants Equipment moving around the battlefield constantly, and The Aetherspark enables that without the mana tax of traditional equip costs. It shows up in roughly 30% of Gilgamesh lists, making it a core piece rather than a fringe inclusion.

03
Lara Croft, Tomb Raider

Lara Croft, Tomb Raider

21.9% of decks · synergy 0.21

Lara Croft, Tomb Raider cares about artifacts and Equipment synergies, and The Aetherspark's ability to reattach at instant speed fits naturally into the flexible, reactive style the deck wants to play. About 22% of Lara Croft lists include it.

04
Captain America, First Avenger

Captain America, First Avenger

21.2% of decks · synergy 0.19

Captain America, First Avenger leans heavily on Shields and Equipment, and The Aetherspark provides the free reattachment that makes those pieces threaten at every turn. Its 21% inclusion across over 13,000 decks reflects how broadly the card fits the archetype.

05
Tetsuo, Imperial Champion

Tetsuo, Imperial Champion

15.3% of decks · synergy 0.15

Tetsuo, Imperial Champion is a Voltron commander who needs Equipment on the right creature at the right moment, and The Aetherspark handles that without spending mana during your attack or opponent's combat. Around 15% of Tetsuo lists include it as a way to maximize the commander's lethal-hit payoffs.

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

The Aetherspark is legal in every major constructed format — Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — though its relevance scales sharply with how much a deck leans on Equipment. In Commander, it's a legitimate role-player in any Equipment-focused build, rewarding decks that can consistently assemble creatures and artifacts on board. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, the card competes for slots against cheaper or more explosive Equipment enablers, and it hasn't carved out a competitive presence in any of those metas. Oathbreaker offers another home for creature-Equipment strategies at a smaller table size. The floor is low outside Commander, but in the right 100-card shell, it earns its slot.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Pricing data for The Aetherspark isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current market values before buying. Given its strong inclusion rates in Cloud, Midgar Mercenary and Captain America, First Avenger decks, demand is real — pick it up sooner rather than later if you're building an Equipment commander.

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