---
name: "Murderer's Axe"
mana_cost: "{4}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Artifact — Equipment"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Equip"]
set: "SOI"
set_name: "Shadows over Innistrad"
collector_number: "259"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Winona Nelson"
oracle_id: "f0ea953a-10c3-4ec7-8f03-f7aed75dbb94"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/murderers-axe-soi"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Murderer's Axe
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Artifact — Equipment
- **Keywords:** Equip

## Oracle Text
Equipped creature gets +2/+2.
Equip—Discard a card.

> *격정에 휩싸여 이 도끼를 들었던 원래 주인이 죽고 오랜 시간이 흘렀지만, 지독히 경멸스러운 기억은 도끼에 그대로 남아 있다.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Marauder's Axe](/printing/marauders-axe-jmp.md) — Artifact — Equipment
2. [Vanquisher's Axe](/printing/vanquishers-axe-dmu.md) — Artifact — Equipment
3. [Greataxe](/printing/greataxe-afr.md) — Artifact — Equipment
4. [Thirsting Axe](/printing/thirsting-axe-emn.md) — Artifact — Equipment
5. [Warlord's Axe](/printing/warlords-axe-m11.md) — Artifact — Equipment
6. [Axe of the Warmonger](/printing/axe-of-the-warmonger-thp3.md) — Hero Artifact — Equipment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shadows over Innistrad (SOI) #259
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Winona Nelson
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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