The Reaver Cleaver
Legendary Artifact — Equipment
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has trample and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player or planeswalker, create that many Treasure tokens."
Equip 
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop
- Price
- $11.47
- EDHREC rank
- #579
The Reaver Cleaver turns every combat damage trigger into a Treasure, and in a multi-opponent game that pile of mana gets enormous fast — pair it with Aggravated Assault and you're drawing infinite combat steps off the Treasures it generates. Knuckles the Echidna decks run it in over 83% of builds, and that number tells you everything about the card's ceiling.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Knuckles the Echidna
Knuckles the Echidna is built to deal combat damage repeatedly across multiple opponents, and The Reaver Cleaver converts every hit into Treasure — which feeds directly back into paying for extra combat steps or ability activations. Over 83% inclusion rate in Knuckles lists is the highest of any commander, and it's not a coincidence.
Jaws, Relentless Predator
Jaws, Relentless Predator wants to hit hard and often, and The Reaver Cleaver turns those hits into a Treasure engine that accelerates every subsequent turn. At 75% inclusion across more than 5,000 decks, it's the card Jaws lists reach for first.
Lara Croft, Tomb Raider
Lara Croft, Tomb Raider cares about artifacts and adventure, and The Reaver Cleaver produces Treasure tokens that fuel both her ability costs and the artifact synergies the deck is already running. The 64% inclusion rate reflects how naturally it slots into her game plan.
Amy Rose
Amy Rose benefits from wide token production and the Treasure acceleration that The Reaver Cleaver delivers, letting her convert combat into the mana needed to keep swinging or activate key abilities. Over 65% of Amy Rose decks run it for exactly that reason.
Jolene, the Plunder Queen
Jolene, the Plunder Queen is a Treasure-matters commander, and The Reaver Cleaver is one of the most efficient ways to generate those tokens in combat rather than spending spell slots on them. Nearly 58% inclusion across a large pool of Jolene decks confirms it's a core piece, not a flex slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where The Reaver Cleaver actually lives — three opponents means three chances to deal combat damage each swing, which can produce three or more Treasures off a single attack. That math doesn't exist in 1v1 formats, and the card is legal in Legacy and Vintage but sees no meaningful play there; a three-mana Equipment with no immediate board impact is too slow for those formats' speed. Oathbreaker is the one other format worth mentioning, where the Treasure generation can be relevant if your planeswalker's ability costs overlap with what the tokens produce. Everywhere else The Reaver Cleaver is either not legal or not competitive.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
The Reaver CleaverAggravated Assault
Infinite colored mana; Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite Treasure tokens; Infinite untap of creatures you control
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The Reaver CleaverHellkite Charger
Infinite colored mana; Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite Treasure tokens
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Najeela, the Blade-BlossomThe Reaver Cleaver
Infinite colored mana; Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite Treasure tokens
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Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Sword of the Animist is the closest budget comparison — it's around $3, also an Equipment that generates resources on combat damage, though it finds lands rather than Treasures and has a different ceiling. If what you want is specifically Treasure production without the Equipment route, Revel in Riches and Smothering Tithe do similar work at lower prices but don't attach to a creature, which means they lose the burst potential The Reaver Cleaver offers when one creature hits multiple opponents.
Price Context
Current price
$11.47 mid tier
At $11.47, The Reaver Cleaver sits in the mid tier — expensive enough to feel like a real inclusion decision, cheap enough that it's not a barrier for most Commander budgets. Given how many high-synergy commanders it slots into, the price is justified and unlikely to drop significantly as long as Treasure and combat-damage strategies remain popular.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.