Trickster's Talisman
Artifact — Equipment
Invoke Duplicity — Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may sacrifice Trickster's Talisman. If you do, create a token that's a copy of this creature."
Equip
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #16405
Trickster's Talisman lets you pay one mana on your opponent's turn to loot — draw a card, discard a card — every time they attack you, turning your life total into a resource. The catch is it only triggers when you're the one being attacked, which makes it unreliable in a four-player pod where threats usually point elsewhere.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Trickster's Talisman occupies a narrow role: it rewards being targeted, which is common early but dries up once board states develop. Pillowfort and group hug decks that already invite aggression get the most triggers, but one mana per loot is a steep rate compared to unconditional draw engines. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer, where games are faster and attack-based aggression is structured and predictable, the reactive trigger is far too slow and conditional to see play. Vintage has better cantrips at a fraction of the setup cost. Oathbreaker follows the Commander logic — fine in the right shell, redundant in most.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Trickster's Talisman is firmly bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a conditional value piece. Bulk rares with narrow triggers tend to stay at this price floor, so there's no financial risk in picking one up, but equally no reason to expect it to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.