Surestrike Trident
- Mana cost
- {2}
- Type
- Artifact — Equipment
- Set
- Darksteel #147 (uncommon)
- Price
- $1.51 USD
Equipped creature has first strike and "{T}, Unattach Surestrike Trident: This creature deals damage equal to its power to target player or planeswalker."
Equip {4} ({4}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Surestrike Trident has 1 printing, first in Darksteel (2004). EDHREC ranks it #14,342 among Commander cards. It appears most in Evra, Halcyon Witness decks (746 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Surestrike Trident most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Evra, Halcyon Witness: 746 decks
- Mr. Orfeo, the Boulder: 122 decks
- Dwalin, Weaponmaster: 95 decks
- Masumaro, First to Live: 95 decks
- Agrus Kos, Eternal Soldier: 80 decks
- Astor, Bearer of Blades: 66 decks
- Mannichi, the Fevered Dream: 29 decks
- Kiyomaro, First to Stand: 29 decks
Often played with Surestrike Trident
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : “Unattach Surestrike Trident” means just that — Surestrike Trident moves off the creature it was equipping and remains on the battlefield.
- : Surestrike Trident grants an ability to the equipped creature.
- : The equipped creature’s controller chooses whether or not to activate the activated ability. It doesn’t matter who controls Surestrike Trident.