

It’s also notable that the Bloodforged Battle-Axe token alone sells for around five US dollars as of late September 2022. It’s also a key artifact for other Equipment-happy Commanders such as Balan, Wandering Knight, Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist (and Partner friends), Sram, Senior Artificer, and more. The Battle-Axe also sees lots of play in Akiri, Line-Slinger decks Akiri loves the additional artifacts that the Battle-Axe creates after all.

Not only can the Cat Artificer from Alara fetch the Hammer of Nazahn and put it straight into play, but it can get other Equipment cards to your hand. After all, Nazahn was one of the alternate Commanders from the very deck the Battle-Axe was released within. Unsurprisingly, the Commander who uses Bloodforged Battle-Axe the most is the very Legendary creature that you would most expect: Nazahn, Revered Bladesmith. Any deck which benefits by having a lot of artifacts in play can find a home for this unique Equipment. Plenty of Commander decks would find a slot for this one-mana artifact, even some that may not be 100 percent Equipment based. There are many advantages to having an Equipment card like this, especially in decks that care about how many artifacts you have in play. Why it hasn’t is absolutely baffling, as many of the decks that may play the Battle-Axe have Red mana in them! With the Tyrant’s instant win condition of having 20 artifacts in play, you may be able to automatically win a lot of games just having a bunch of copies of this Axe in play! Interestingly, as of September 2022, we still haven’t seen this really happen. Imagine a deck that plays Hellkite Tyrant having a card like this. That means all of those tokens can be equipped right away for free! It also doesn’t hurt to play something like Puresteel Paladin to make equip costs cost zero mana instead, allowing you to use these tokens quickly. This legendary artifact allows you to immediately attach an Equipment that comes into play to a creature. Plus, there’s another Equipment released in Commander 2017 called Hammer of Nazahn. So, if a creature has multiple Bloodforged Battle-Axes equipped, it can create a whole flood of Battle-Axe tokens in a hurry.Īlso, because of how Bloodforged Battle-Axe is worded, a creature with double strike that successfully deals damage to a player can cause this Equipment to be copied twice! On the second trigger, you can end up with three total Axe tokens, because the first token will copy itself, as well! If you have something like Parallel Lives or Doubling Season in play, this token creation becomes all the more ridiculous. Also, the tokens then can copy themselves, too. This Battle-Axe has a minor initial investment that can copy itself many times over. Also, whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, you create a token that’s a copy of Bloodforged Battle-Axe! That’s a pretty awesome way to stack up Equipment in a hurry! It’s more than an improved version of Bonesplitter, because this Axe can actually copy itself!Īt only 1 mana to cast and 2 mana to equip, Bloodforged Battle-Axe gives the equipped creature +2/+0. One of these is a one-mana Equipment called Bloodforged Battle-Axe, released in the Feline Ferocity deckwith Arahbo, Roar of the World on the cover. The Commander 2017 pre-constructed decks for Magic the Gathering introduced a number of strong cards for the Commander format.
