Blade of Selves

Artifact — Equipment

Equipped creature has myriad. (Whenever ts creature attacks, for each opponent other than defending player, you may put a token that's a copy of this creature onto the battlefield tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker he or she controls. Exile the token at the end of combat.)

Equip {4} ({4}: 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.)

Combos

• Blade of Selves + End-Raze Forerunners
• Blade of Selves + Hellkite Tyrant
• Blade of Selves + Pathbreaker Ibex + Wulfgar of Icewind Dale

Tokens

• Copy Clone

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Alchemy	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
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (48)

NV_1980 on angels

6 days ago

Nice looking Angel-deck. I was just toying with the idea of how cool Blade of Selves can be in an Angel deck. Actually equipping that to amost of your Angels would be a nightmare for your opponents (assuming you play commander in 4-player pods). It would be amazing on Angel of Destiny, Archangel of Thune, Exemplar of Light, Righteous Valkyrie and Serra's Emissary to name but a few.

As for more conventional ideas, how about Sunblast Angel? She's a really nasty surprise when opponents' attacked the previous turn (another fun target for Blade of Selves, btw). Adarkar Valkyrie is also excellent; she can attack and still prevent something from dying afterwards. Even better, she can steal an opposing creature while saving it from death! Angelic Arbiter is also great; opponents either can't attack or can't cast spells; brutal.

jozef on Etali, Primal Conqueror

1 month ago

Hey NV_1980

Thanks for the suggestions! I do own a Splinter Twin. Looking to add Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink and Mirage Phalanx now. Rionya, Fire Dancer, Delina, Wild Mage, Flamerush Rider, and Blade of Selves are also some solid options for this effect.

They work especially well as a surprise token copy ETB with haste enablers like Xenagos, God of Revels, and Rhythm of the Wild.

jozef on Etali, Primal Conqueror

1 month ago

Hey NV_1980

Thanks for the suggestions! I do own a Splinter Twin. Looking to add Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink and Mirage Phalanx now. Rionya, Fire Dancer, Delina, Wild Mage, Flamerush Rider, Calamity, Galloping Inferno, and Blade of Selves are also some solid options for this effect.

They work especially well as a surprise token copy ETB with haste enablers like Xenagos, God of Revels, and Rhythm of the Wild.

clayperce on Elektra: Assassin (Massacre Girl Ultra-Budget)

1 month ago

FormOverFunction -
Love the term "bolt Ron-ish"! :-D

Sorry if you already knew this and I just misunderstood your recommendation. But Blade of Selves and other Myriad effects are pretty terrible on most Commanders ... whenever we control multiple copies of a Legendary permanent with the same name, we have to immediately choose one and put the others in the graveyard :-/
The only exceptions I know of are Commanders we want in the graveyard (e.g., Slimefoot and Squee) and those we want to kill (e.g., Juri, Master of the Revue).

Thanks though, and cheers!

FormOverFunction on Elektra: Assassin (Massacre Girl Ultra-Budget)

1 month ago

With a bolt Ron-ish (I’m going to leave that autocorrect there, because I like it as much as I like ‘voltron-ish’) commander I like the Blade of Selves because myriad really rounds things out nicely. The trouble I keep running into is the balancing the bouncing of creatures and equipping them with things. I’m not sure what the best answer is for that… which is where I end up every time I start thinking about massacre girl. Maybe you can rely on something like Endless Scream on the following turn, to follow her etb board wipe, and just never plan to cast her more than once a game? She’s literally the embodiment of Rakdos: yes, you’ve done insane destruction to everyone around you… but to what end? Loool

AkaAkuma on What if I changed Vorosh to Partners?

4 months ago

How do Reyhan and Ishai serve you over Vorosh? I like your little Incubation Druid + Llanowar Reborn synergy, I might try this!

Speaking of creatures that like a graft, you should check Basking Broodscale which can go infinite with every other card...

Perhaps Agonasaur Rex is also a card worth considering. It grants a card, counters and evasion/protection in a pinch, but it also has a little synergy with the likes of Evolution Witness. Rex can be recurred continually, serving as a counter and carddraw manasink.

And perhaps i am mistaken, but i miss a bit of Oomph in the decklist. Any thoughts on Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord (usually 7 mana wincon), The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride (usually 5 mana win next turn) or Blade of Selves (swing with Reyhan, place 6 x 3 counters on anything)?

Last_Laugh on Card draw when adding +1/+1 …

4 months ago

Breena, the Demagogue, Cleopatra, Exiled Pharaoh, Galadriel, Light of Valinor, Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar, Pollywog Prodigy, and Shadrix Silverquill are all options I run in these colors.

I personally ran Reyhan, Last of the Abzan *f-etch* / Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker because I found The Ozolith in my Command zone was more impactful and explosive than a single proliferate per turn.

Blade of Selves for example on Reyhan is a commander damage kill as early as turn 3 (turn 1: land, sol ring, Blade of Selves. turn 2: Reyhan. Turn 3: Equip to Reyhan and attack.) Blade makes 2 Reyhans that immediately die to the legend rule. The 6 +1+1 counters from the 2 dying Reyhans are seen and replaced by all 3 Reyhans for 18x +1+1 counters on the original 3/3 for a perfect 21 commander damage. Rite of Replication kicked and targeting Reyhan is 90x +1+1 counters (15 counters seen by 6 Reyhans).

SaberTech on Esper On Hit

5 months ago

There are a few creatures that cause an opponent to lose half their life if the creature deals combat damage to them, like Unstoppable Slasher. Equipment like Quietus Spike and Scytheclaw can also give that effect. I'm not sure if this crosses your "no combo" rule, but teaming those cards up with Bloodletter of Aclazotz or Wound Reflection leads to one-hit knockouts. I personally don't see that as being much different than somehow being able to pump an infect creature up to 10+ power.

There are a bunch of creatures that let you draw a card when they deal combat damage to a player, so that's worth considering. There are also a bunch of specter creatures that force an opponent to discard if they deal combat damage. Dazzling Sphinx might be worth considering too.

Creatures with the Myriad ability could be something to look at as well since Kamiz can make the original one unblockable. Maybe just including Blade of Selves and Ironwill Forger to give creatures Myriad would be enough.