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The Masamune

Legendary Artifact — Equipment

As long as equipped creature is attacking, it has first strike and must be blocked if able.
Equipped creature has "If a creature dying causes a triggered ability of this creature or an emblem you own to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time."
Equip {2}

CMC
3
Mana cost
{3}
Color identity
C
Rarity
rare
Set
Final Fantasy
Price
$0.96
EDHREC rank
#4111
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The Masamune card art
The Masamune equips for free to Sephiroth, Planet's Heir and pumps the creature it's on while generating treasure tokens on attack — meaningful ongoing value at minimal cost. The catch is that outside of Final Fantasy-adjacent builds, the payoff shrinks fast, and Pitiless Plunderer does the treasure-generation work more reliably if that's all you're after.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Sephiroth, Planet's Heir

Sephiroth, Planet's Heir

60.4% of decks · synergy 0.60

The Masamune is essentially a staple here — Sephiroth, Planet's Heir has a built-in attachment clause that pulls it directly into play, so the equip cost never matters, and the treasure output feeds directly into the deck's resource engine.

02

Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER

61.4% of decks · synergy 0.53

Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER appears in over 24,000 decks and grabs The Masamune as a flavored, functional equipment that both thematically and mechanically rewards suiting up the commander and swinging wide.

03

Vincent Valentine

54.8% of decks · synergy 0.47

Vincent Valentine's transforming creature plan wants cheap, impactful equipment that rewards combat, and The Masamune slots in as an efficient, on-theme piece that contributes treasure to fuel further plays.

04
Anzrag, the Quake-Mole

Anzrag, the Quake-Mole

16.5% of decks · synergy 0.16

Anzrag, the Quake-Mole wants to attack repeatedly and punish blockers, and The Masamune's free-equip trigger on attack means it can migrate to the most threatening creature each combat without taxing your mana.

05
Shelob, Child of Ungoliant

Shelob, Child of Ungoliant

14.1% of decks · synergy 0.13

Shelob, Child of Ungoliant cares about creatures dying and tokens being generated, so the treasure production from The Masamune on a deathtouch attacker creates a steady drip of fodder and mana to support the spider's web of value.

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 Masamune is legal across every major constructed format but is firmly a Commander card in practice. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy, a three-mana equipment with no immediate board impact and a situational equip reduction can't compete for slots. Commander is where it lives: the 100-card singleton environment rewards flavored, incremental-value pieces, and the Final Fantasy crossover context means the card slots cleanly into a large and growing commander pool. Outside of that pool, it's a fringe consideration at best.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.96 bulk tier

At $0.96, The Masamune sits at the high end of bulk — cheap enough to throw in any Sephiroth build without hesitation. Demand is narrow enough that it's unlikely to climb unless a new Final Fantasy commander creates a second spike of interest.

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