Card
Pact Weapon
Mana cost {3}{B}
As long as this Equipment is attached to a creature, you don't lose the game for having 0 or less life. Whenever equipped creature attacks, draw a card and reveal it. The creature gets +X/+X until end of turn and you lose X life, where X is that card's mana value. Equip—Discard a card.
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 19 known combos. 3 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Mythic · CLB · #139
- Cheapest printing
- €1.85
- EDHREC salt
- 0.75
- Color identity
- Black
- Keywords
- Equip
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
19 known combos.
- Mister Negative + Wall of Blood + Pact Weapon
Produces: Near-infinite lifeloss for target opponent, Target opponent loses the game
View on Commander Spellbook - Mister Negative + Unspeakable Symbol + Pact Weapon
Produces: Near-infinite lifeloss for target opponent, Target opponent loses the game
View on Commander Spellbook - Mister Negative + Blood Celebrant + Pact Weapon
Produces: Near-infinite lifeloss for target opponent, Target opponent loses the game
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2022-06-10 · Wizards of the Coast
Similarly, if an opponent gains control of the equipped creature without gaining control of Pact Weapon and attacks with it, you will draw a card, reveal it, and lose life. - 2022-06-10 · Wizards of the Coast
If the card draw is replaced with another effect, the equipped creature won't get any bonus to its power and toughness and you won't lose any life. This is true even if the card draw is replaced by one or more card draws. - 2022-06-10 · Wizards of the Coast
If an opponent gains control of the creature that Pact Weapon is attached to but doesn't also gain control of Pact Weapon, you still control Pact Weapon and still don't lose the game for having 0 or less life as long as it is attached.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast