Diamond Pick-Axe
Diamond Pick-Axe: Artifact - Equipment, The Lost Caverns of Ixalan. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {R}
- Mana value
- 1
- Type
- Artifact - Equipment
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI)
- Released
- 2023-11-17
- Collector number
- 143
- Artist
- Dibujante Nocturno
- Keywords
- Indestructible, Treasure, Equip
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About Diamond Pick-Axe
Diamond Pick-Axe is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon red artifact from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI), an expansion set released in November 2023. It is collector number 143 in that set, with art by Dibujante Nocturno. It costs {R} (one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 2 sets, from The List (2020) to The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.14 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Indestructible (Effects that say "destroy" don't destroy this Equipment.)
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has "Whenever this creature attacks, create a Treasure token." (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Equip {2}
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.14 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Diamond Pick-Axe by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Diamond Pick-Axe
Diamond Pick-Axe has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #LCI-143 | Uncommon | 2026 |
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