Viridian Claw
Artifact — Equipment
Equipped creature gets +1/+0 and has first strike.
Equip 
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Mirrodin Besieged
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #19364
Viridian Claw gives any creature first strike and a power boost for two mana to cast and one to equip — cheap enough to matter, but narrow enough that only specific strategies want it. Run it when you need first strike redundancy on a budget; skip it when a more versatile Equipment would do the job.
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 |
Viridian Claw is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees essentially no competitive play in the non-rotating formats — first strike on a stick simply doesn't move the needle in Legacy or Vintage. In Commander it finds a home in Equipment-matters decks and combat-centric strategies that want cheap ways to push a creature through blockers. The one-mana equip cost is the real selling point; anything higher and it would be unplayable at this power level.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Viridian Claw is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. There's no financial case for holding copies; pick it up when you need it and don't think twice about the price.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.