Twinblade Slasher
Creature — Elf Warrior
Wither (This deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters.)
: This creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Activate only once each turn.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Eventide
- Price
- $0.36
- EDHREC rank
- #24551
Twinblade Slasher enters as a 1/1 and immediately threatens to grow into a two-turn clock — any +1/+1 counter placed on it at the start of combat doubles its power for the turn. One mana is an absurdly low price for that ceiling.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Twinblade Slasher slots into any +1/+1 counters strategy as a one-mana threat that scales with the deck's own engine — the combat trigger rewards the work you're already doing. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant; those formats don't support counter-based creature strategies, and a vanilla 1/1 with a conditional combat ability doesn't clear the bar. Modern is the only competitive format where it could theoretically see play, specifically in Hardened Scales shells, though even there it competes with more consistent threats that don't require setup. Commander is clearly where Twinblade Slasher earns its slot.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.36 bulk tier
At $0.36, Twinblade Slasher is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up in a bundle or pull from a draft chaff pile without thinking about it. Demand is narrow enough that the price isn't going anywhere, but for what it asks you to spend, the ceiling in the right Commander deck is legitimate.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.