Mage Slayer
- Mana cost
- {1}{R}{G}
- Type
- Artifact — Equipment
- Set
- Planechase #91 (uncommon)
- Price
- $4.51 USD
Whenever equipped creature attacks, it deals damage equal to its power to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.
Equip {3}
Mage Slayer has 4 printings, first in Planechase (2009). EDHREC ranks it #4,477 among Commander cards. It appears most in Wolverine, Best There Is decks (5,336 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Mage Slayer
- Upgrades Unleashed - Neon Dynasty Commander, led by Chishiro, the Shattered Blade
Commanders that run Mage Slayer most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Wolverine, Best There Is: 5,336 decks
- Chishiro, the Shattered Blade: 3,880 decks
- Maarika, Brutal Gladiator: 2,805 decks
- Anzrag, the Quake-Mole: 2,084 decks
- Kresh the Bloodbraided: 1,942 decks
- Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes: 1,213 decks
- Thromok the Insatiable: 1,121 decks
- Wulfgar of Icewind Dale: 985 decks
Often played with Mage Slayer
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : This ability triggers and resolves in the declare attackers step. The creature will still deal its combat damage as normal later on during the combat phase.
- : When the equipped creature attacks, the first ability will trigger. When that ability resolves, that creature will deal damage equal to its power to player or planeswalker it's attacking, even if Mage Slayer has left the battlefield or is equipping a different creature by that time.