---
name: "Surestrike Trident"
mana_cost: "{2}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Artifact — Equipment"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Equip"]
set: "DST"
set_name: "Darksteel"
collector_number: "147"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Ben Thompson"
oracle_id: "bf09b97b-9387-4b94-a3fc-00080881f052"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/surestrike-trident-dst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Surestrike Trident
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Artifact — Equipment
- **Keywords:** Equip

## Oracle Text
Equipped creature has first strike and "{T}, Unattach Surestrike Trident: This creature deals damage equal to its power to target player or planeswalker."
Equip {4} ({4}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Crown of Gondor](/printing/crown-of-gondor-ltc.md) — Legendary Artifact — Equipment
2. [Gate Smasher](/printing/gate-smasher-dtk.md) — Artifact — Equipment
3. [Improvised Arsenal](/printing/improvised-arsenal-tmt.md) — Artifact — Equipment
4. [Behemoth Sledge](/printing/behemoth-sledge-pip.md) — Artifact — Equipment
5. [Skullclamp](/printing/skullclamp-c14.md) — Artifact — Equipment
6. [Inventor's Goggles](/printing/inventors-goggles-kld.md) — Artifact — Equipment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Darksteel (DST) #147
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Ben Thompson
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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