Embercleave
- Mana cost
- {4}{R}{R}
- Type
- Legendary Artifact — Equipment
- Set
- Throne of Eldraine Promos #120s (mythic)
Flash
This spell costs {1} less to cast for each attacking creature you control.
When Embercleave enters, attach it to target creature you control.
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has double strike and trample.
Equip {3}
Embercleave has 6 printings, first in Throne of Eldraine (2019). EDHREC ranks it #1,393 among Commander cards. It appears most in Captain America, First Avenger decks (6,777 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Public decks that run Embercleave
- Heads I Win, Tails You Lose - Secret Lair Drop, led by Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom
Commanders that run Embercleave most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Captain America, First Avenger: 6,777 decks
- Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER: 6,303 decks
- Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale: 4,786 decks
- Lightning, Army of One: 4,033 decks
- Nahiri, Forged in Fury: 3,210 decks
- Chishiro, the Shattered Blade: 2,187 decks
- Mabel, Heir to Cragflame: 2,136 decks
- Okaun, Eye of Chaos // Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom: 1,861 decks
Often played with Embercleave
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Once you announce that you're casting a spell, no player may take actions until the spell has been paid for. Notably, opponents can't try to increase Embercleave's cost by removing attacking creatures you control.
- : Embercleave's second ability can't reduce its cost below {R}{R}.
- : To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.