Elbrus, the Binding Blade
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
Equipped creature gets +1/+0.
When equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, unattach Elbrus, then transform it.
Equip 1
Flying, intimidate, trample (A creature with intimidate can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)
Whenever a player loses the game, put thirteen +1/+1 counters on Withengar Unbound.
Rulings
4 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2011-01-22
The "legend rule" checks only for permanents with exactly the same name. Elbrus, the Binding Blade and Withengar Unbound can be on the battlefield at the same time without either going to its owner's graveyard.
- 2011-01-22
In a multiplayer game using the limited range of influence option (such as a Grand Melee game), if a spell or ability says that you win the game, it instead causes all of your opponents within your range of influence to lose the game. This is another way by which Withengar's ability can trigger.
- 2011-01-22
Withengar's triggered ability will trigger no matter how a player loses the game: due to a state-based action (as a result of having a life total of 0 or less, trying to draw a card from an empty library, or having ten poison counters), a spell or ability that says that player loses the game, a concession, or a game loss awarded by a judge.
- 2011-01-22
Elbrus will transform even if you are unable to unattach it (most likely because the equipped creature died).
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
As a commander
Decks built with Elbrus, the Binding Blade in the command zone.
Elbrus, the Binding Blade price history
The Dark Ascension #147 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | $6.50 | $12.60 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $6.50 | $12.60 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $6.43 | $12.60 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $6.20 | $12.60 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $5.99 | $12.60 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Elbrus, the Binding Blade
3 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
The List
- Normal
- $5.44
From the Vault: Transform
- Foil
- $6.51
Dark Ascension
- Normal
- $6.50
- Foil
- $12.60
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Elbrus, the Binding Blade. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
