Surestrike Trident
Artifact — Equipment
DSTDarksteel#147uncommon
Foil
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2003
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 1283
- Illustrator
- Ben Thompson
- Found in
- Darksteel MTGO Redemption Foil · Darksteel MTGO Redemption · Darksteel Booster Pack
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Equipped creature has first strike and "
, Unattach Surestrike Trident: This creature deals damage equal to its power to target player or planeswalker."
Equip 
(: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
, Unattach Surestrike Trident: This creature deals damage equal to its power to target player or planeswalker."
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)Equip
Plays as: Is Equipment
Market · per finishspark updated 1h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil-0.7%
$1.40
$0.20 low$0.12 gap
Foil-0.5%
$6.26
$5.99 low$3.59 gap
Finish
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Nonfoil
$1.40as of 2026-07-12
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H $1.41L $0.79since Feb 2024$0.20
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$6.26as of 2026-07-12
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H $15.92L $5.08since Feb 2024$5.99
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Cheapest playable copy$1.40· across 1 printing
Rulings
3 · latest Dec 1, 2004 · one tap opens all
- WotCDec 1, 2004
Surestrike Trident grants an ability to the equipped creature.
- WotCDec 1, 2004
The equipped creature’s controller chooses whether or not to activate the activated ability. It doesn’t matter who controls Surestrike Trident.
- WotCDec 1, 2004
“Unattach Surestrike Trident” means just that — Surestrike Trident moves off the creature it was equipping and remains on the battlefield.