Elbrus, the Binding Blade

Legendary Artifact — Equipment

Equipped creature gets +1/+0.

When equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, unattach Elbrus, the Binding Blade from that creature, then transform it.

Equip {1}. ({1}: Attach this to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery. This enters the battlefield unattached and stays on the battlefield if the creature this card is attached to leaves the battlefield.)

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (49)

Apoptosis on Gear Up!

9 months ago

Specific changes. All of these changes optimize card draw, tutoring, protection to board state, create synergies and infinite combos, and optimization to allow instant speed responses.

OUT: Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist (thought this would be awesome, disappointed in performance) Assemble the Players (sub-optimal card draw) Aurelia's Fury Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus (land drops have not been a problem and by the time I draw it, I needed something else) Brimaz, King of Oreskos (love this guy, but had to cut) Chained to the Rocks Elbrus, the Binding Blade  ^Flip (obtained better equipment) Fellwar Stone Hixus, Prison Warden (never happy when I had this in hand because you need to let the damage land, plus you fail to build board state when waiting to draw a punch) Illusionist's Bracers (I realized there was little in this deck that this could help) Kemba, Kha Enduring (I want the option of where the equipment goes) Kjeldoran Outpost (did help create a chump blocker and spend unused mana, but I didn't like losing the land) Lapse of Certainty (replaced with better options, but I love this card) Lightning Helix Path of Mettle  ^Flip (never had good results) Prophetic Flamespeaker (under-performed) Puresteel Paladin (tough cut) Purphoros, God of the Forge (under-performed) Rogue's Passage Sea Gate Wreckage Silverblade Paladin (love this guy, tough cut) Sram, Senior Edificer (very tough and recent cut for Leonin Shikari and Merry, who are just better but I may put back in) Sword of the Animist (land drops have not been a problem and by the time I draw it, I needed something else) Wingmate Roc (love it but under-performed)

In: Esper Sentinel (card draw) Leonin Shikari (instant speed equiping is amazing) Merry, Esquire of Rohan (card draw) Enlightened Tutor (great for combos/synergies) Sigarda's Aid (so great) Pyrohemia (this card is a beast with Iroas! Even without Iroas must people don't have easy ways to deal with enchantments and this is a wraith on a stick. I've added it to all of my red decks and it's cousin (Pestilence) to my black decks in a slot I would normally hold for a wraith) Teferi's Protection (protect the board state) Excalibur, Sword of Eden Fighter Class (tutor!) Angelic Skirmisher (lifelink to stretch game and facilitates infinite combos) Splendor Mare (put it on Reckoner or Spitemare, give them indestructable, and gain infinite life, or move it to pyrohemia with nesting grounds to get massive amounts of life as you flamethrower the whole table!!) Mask of Avacyn (better option then shroud from boots, you need to be able to dynamically react/voltron) Mob Rule (this just finishes games) Smothering Tithe (ramp) Sunforger (some say you must build around this, I say you use this as a key tutor for when you need an instant) Nesting Grounds Spitemare The One Ring (card draw, duh) Minas Tirith (card draw) Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion (value engine, mana dump) Phyrexian Vindicator (beefy flier, helps get Iroas online, and difficult to remove) War of the Last Alliance (tutor) Hall of Heliod's Generosity (bring back pyrohemia and flamethrower the world all over again!!) Mask of Memory (card draw) Boromir, Warden of the Tower (protect board state)

Balaam__ on Balaam__

9 months ago

Back with another bunch of first person cards legendofa, mostly from the first Innistrad block. I compared lists and you already had some so I ignored those.

Definites:

•Death's Caress

•Faith's Shield

•Increasing Devotion

•Mystic Retrieval (also the Avacyn version of the card)

•Thraben Doomsayer

•Triumph of Cruelty

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Questionables:

•Frightful Delusion definitely FPP, but no hands from off screen.

•Ghoulcaller's Bell

•Night Terrors shadows are coming from the wrong direction, I don’t think this is from the perspective of the vampire

•Sharpened Pitchfork perspective correct shadows, but no hands

•Wooden Stake perspective too low I wager

•Chalice of Death  ^Flip this could be a keeper

•Elbrus, the Binding Blade  ^Flip might be from the viewpoint of the dying guy

•Exquisite Blood probably a severed arm, even if not it doesn’t look like the view could be from whoever the arm belongs to.

CoryDean on Wyleth

1 year ago

Added: Astor, Bearer of Blades, Swords to Plowshares, Arid Mesa, Needleverge Pathway  ^Flip, Clever Concealment

Removed: Keeper of the Accord, Elbrus, the Binding Blade  ^Flip (because it is black), Condemn, Plains, Mountain,

NV_1980 on Yuriko, The Tiger's Shadow

1 year ago

Necropolis Regent could be pretty sick in a deck that evades blockers so easily. Satoru Umezawa is excellent for some additional card-advantage whenever you're using Ninjitsu abilities. Though it's a bit pricy to cast, Silent-Blade Oni can also be a lot of fun, as well as bring a heck of a lot of value (depending on the kind of opponent you're facing). I also really like Elbrus, the Binding Blade  ^Flip and Vorpal Sword in decks featuring ninja's, as these can win you games outright when applied to unblockable creatures.

DaWubber on If you could run any …

1 year ago

I ran Myr Battlesphere in my playgroup for a couple years as a commander, until Urtet, Remnant of Memnarch and Graaz, Unstoppable Juggernaut came out in the same set. I'd argue the Battleball was still more fun than Urtet, with Graaz being my favorite way to play Myr.

For a new deck, I'd love to build around the haunted butterknife that is Elbrus, the Binding Blade  ^Flip, even though I know it isn't technically a creature.

Sleepysherlock on Knight Deck Baby

2 years ago

Unexpected Windfall, Big Score, Deadly Dispute, Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip, Unearth, Door of Destinies, Shadowspear, Phyrexian Arena, Elbrus, the Binding Blade  ^Flip and then way more SWORDS.

Except don't put Sword of Hearth and Home, thats HACKING. Big. Hacking.

kimosabe on RAFFINE'S, SCHEMING FLYING MACHINES

3 years ago

If you're deck is all about evasive creatures attacking and making use of the Connive ability I'd consider these:

Bone Miser Discarding becomes rewarding

Elbrus, the Binding Blade  ^Flip= transforms into very strong creature

Vorpal Sword= top end win con

Lazotep Chancellor discard= big creature

Hope this helps, good luck. Feel free to critique my decks.

ManiacalPotato on Berserk, by Kentaro Miura (2022 Update)

3 years ago

very very cool deck! My immediate favorite alter is Elbrus, the Binding Blade  ^Flip as Griffith's behelit, already one of my favorite artifacts and very very fitting.