Triangle of War
Artifact
, Sacrifice this artifact: Target creature you control fights target creature an opponent controls. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Vintage Masters
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #22967
Triangle of War lets the controller win a fight without needing the bigger creature — it simply lets the creature with the higher power destroy the other, turning combat math into a one-sided execution tool. The three-mana activation is steep for a single removal spell, but the effect is repeatable and runs at instant speed, which matters.
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 |
Triangle of War is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, and functionally irrelevant in all of them. In Commander, three mana to activate a conditional fight effect — one that requires you to already have a creature with higher power than the target — is far too slow and situational when Chaos Warp, Swords to Plowshares, and Beast Within exist at a fraction of the cost. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a colorless artifact that demands board presence to function as removal. Triangle of War is technically legal in the formats where you'd want removal; it just isn't good enough to run in any of them.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Triangle of War isn't currently available, but its obscurity and negligible competitive demand put it firmly in bulk-rare territory. It's not worth tracking down at any meaningful price — the effect doesn't justify a slot in formats where it's legal.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.