Arcbound Slasher
- Mana cost
- {4}{R}
- Type
- Artifact Creature — Cat
- Power / toughness
- 0 / 0
- Set
- Jumpstart: Historic Horizons #408 (common)
Modular 4 (This creature enters with four +1/+1 counters on it. When it dies, you may put its +1/+1 counters on target artifact creature.)
Riot (This creature enters with your choice of an additional +1/+1 counter or haste.)
Arcbound Slasher has 2 printings, first in Modern Horizons 2 (2021). EDHREC ranks it #12,569 among Commander cards. It appears most in Marchesa, the Black Rose decks (810 on EDHREC). It has 4 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Arcbound Slasher most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Marchesa, the Black Rose: 810 decks
- Gallia, the Merrymaker: 11 decks
Often played with Arcbound Slasher
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If this creature gets enough -1/-1 counters put on it to cause it to go to the graveyard, modular will put a number of +1/+1 counters on the target artifact creature equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on this creature before it left the battlefield.
- : If a creature entering the battlefield has riot but can't have a +1/+1 counter put onto it, it gains haste. In the case of Arcbound Slasher, however, it's toughness will probably be 0, and it will be put into its owner's graveyard before it can attack.
- : Riot is a replacement effect. Players can't respond to your choice of a +1/+1 counter or haste, and they can't take actions while the creature is on the battlefield without one or the other.
- : If you choose for the creature to gain haste, it gains haste indefinitely. It won't lose it as the turn ends or as another player gains control of it.