Jujutsu Kaisen’s Deadliest Cursed Tools, Ranked From Weakest to Strongest

Jujutsu Kaisen is full of cool weapons, but some cursed tools are so busted they feel like they wandered in from a different power system. Most are classic blades and spears juiced with cursed energy. Others are... a cellphone. Here are the ones that hit hardest, break the rules, or just make fights way more fun to watch.

The most broken cursed tools in Jujutsu Kaisen, ranked

1. Slaughter Demon

   Users: Maki Zenin, Yuji Itadori

   First seen: Season 1 Episode 3, Chapter 4

   It has no special ability, but Slaughter Demon is the series’ gateway drug to cursed tools. Yuji briefly wields it early on and, even with his shaky cursed energy control back then, takes out two spirits. Later, a Finger Bearer crushes Yuji’s hand, the blade hits the floor, and it snaps. Before all that, it had already been through the wringer with Maki. Not flashy, but foundational.

2. Nanami's blade

   User: Kento Nanami

   First seen: Jujutsu Kaisen 0, Chapter 0-4

   Nanami’s self-modified, blunt-edged blade does not look like much. In his hands, it’s a calculator that always finds the weak point, turning curses (and the occasional sorcerer like Haruta) into homework. The white cloth with black spots wrapped around it appears to be the conduit for its cursed energy. He puts it to work during the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons and again throughout the Shibuya Incident.

3. Nobara's straw doll, hammer, and nails

   User: Nobara Kugisaki

   First seen: Season 1 Episode 3, Chapter 5

   Nobara’s kit turns a straw doll into a remote soul-smasher. Her technique, Resonance, lets her stake a connection and damage a target directly via the doll. There’s effectively no range limit, which is absurd. The catch: you have to set it up just right, which almost no one could pull off consistently. Nobara comes the closest.

4. Nanako's cellphone

   User: Nanako Hasaba

   First seen: Jujutsu Kaisen 0, Chapter 0-4

   This is the curveball. Nanako snaps a photo of a target and then manipulates the image to make reality comply. It works on curses and people, and yes, it’s as creepy as it sounds. The ceiling on it is high, but Sukuna shrugs it off, so it’s not a win button.

5. Higuruma's gavel

   User: Hiromi Higuruma

   First seen: Chapter 158

   Because Higuruma was a lawyer, his cursed tool manifests as a gavel that can morph into whatever the trial demands, including an executioner’s blade. He debuts in the Culling Game, throws hands (and verdicts) with Yuji, then pivots to help the good guys when things escalate toward Sukuna.

6. The Chain of a Thousand Miles

   User: Toji Fushiguro

   First seen: Season 2 Episode 4, Chapter 75

   Perfect for someone with zero cursed energy but monstrous physical stats. Toji hides one end of the chain so it effectively stretches as far as he needs. He often clips the Inverted Spear of Heaven to it, turning reach plus technique-nullification into a nightmare combo. It’s tailored to Toji’s style, but dangerous in any capable hands.

7. Dragon-Bone

   Users: Juzo Kamiya, Maki Zenin

   First seen: Chapter 148

   Maki’s signature blade arrives in Perfect Preparation, forged by curse user Juzo Kamiya and located thanks to a nudge from Master Tengen. The hilt hides three engines that store cursed energy for vicious bursts. Maki uses it to help obliterate the Zenin Clan and later in the Culling Game, sometimes pairing it with the Split Soul Katana.

8. Black Rope

   User: Miguel Oduol

   First seen: Jujutsu Kaisen 0, Chapter 0-4

   Decades in the making, Black Rope disrupts cursed techniques themselves. Miguel shows how nasty it is by tagging Satoru Gojo through Infinity, which almost nothing can do. The rope gets destroyed in the process and cannot be recreated, which stings even more because characters believed it might have been a way to counter the Prison Realm situation.

9. Split Soul Katana

   Users: Toji Fushiguro, Maki Zenin, Hagane Daido

   First seen: Season 2 Episode 3, Chapter 71

   This blade ignores the body and carves at the soul, which makes it terrifying against sorcerers and downright unfair against curses. Toji uses it like a paper shredder during the Star Plasma Vessel incident, blitzing Suguru Geto’s spirits. In Maki’s hands, it’s surgical.

10. Playful Cloud

    Users: Toji Fushiguro, Suguru Geto, Maki Zenin, Megumi Fushiguro, Aoi Todo

    First seen: Season 1 Episode 19, Chapter 0-4, 46

    Maybe the most plug-and-play cursed tool in the series. Tons of characters use it effectively, but Toji and Maki turn it into a blender. In Shibuya, resurrected Toji runs through Dagon with it after Nanami, Naobito, and Maki together could not put Dagon down. Later, in Perfect Preparation, Maki makes it look even more broken.

11. The Sword of Extermination

    User: Mahoraga

    First seen: Season 2 Episode 17, Chapter 118

    Mahoraga’s blade is loaded with positive cursed energy, which is lethal to curses and troublesome even for monsters like Sukuna. It helps explain why no one has ever properly controlled this shikigami. When Megumi summons Mahoraga as a last-ditch move in Shibuya, the sword plus Mahoraga’s adaptation ability turns the city into a stress test for Sukuna.

12. Inverted Spear of Heaven

    User: Toji Fushiguro

    First seen: Season 2 Episode 3, Chapter 71

    A two-pronged nightmare that outright nullifies cursed techniques. Even Gojo’s Limitless can’t defend against it. Toji pairs the spear with the Chain of a Thousand Miles and nearly ends Gojo in the prequel timeline. When people talk about tools that change the balance of power, this is the one.

Quick refresher on the anime

Jujutsu Kaisen is created by Gege Akutami, animated by MAPPA, and premiered on October 3, 2020. It leans hard into gore, action, and the supernatural. It currently sits around an 8.5/10 on IMDb and 8.53/10 on MyAnimeList, if you track that kind of thing.

Where to watch and read

Every released episode is streaming on Crunchyroll. If you want to leap ahead, the manga is available digitally via Viz Media.