---
name: "Embercleave"
mana_cost: "{4}{R}{R}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Legendary Artifact — Equipment"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Equip", "Flash"]
set: "SPG"
set_name: "Special Guests"
collector_number: "77"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Wylie Beckert"
oracle_id: "4d6120d6-fcce-40bc-9fc6-e1f5beb6c728"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/embercleave-spg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Embercleave
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{R}{R}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Legendary Artifact — Equipment
- **Keywords:** Equip, Flash

## Oracle Text
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}

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Twin Blades](/printing/twin-blades-tla.md) — Artifact — Equipment
2. [Inventor's Axe](/printing/inventors-axe-mh3.md) — Artifact — Equipment
3. [Believe in the Cleave](/printing/believe-in-the-cleave-unk.md) — Instant
4. [Javelin of Lightning](/printing/javelin-of-lightning-clb.md) — Artifact — Equipment
5. [Dueling Rapier](/printing/dueling-rapier-hbg.md) — Artifact — Equipment
6. [The Reaver Cleaver](/printing/the-reaver-cleaver-plst.md) — Legendary Artifact — Equipment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Special Guests (SPG) #77
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Wylie Beckert
- **Total Printings:** 21 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`