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Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist

Legendary Creature — Kor Scout2 generic manaWhite mana

Voltron commanders usually spend mana attaching gear one piece at a time, and the tax of moving an Aura or re-equipping stacks up across a game. This Kor Scout collapses that tax into a single trigger: at the beginning of combat on your turn, you relocate any number of Auras and Equipment you control at once, no equip cost, no re-casting. The strategic wrinkle is that the ability is not restricted to your creatures, or even to creatures at all: it targets any permanent or player, which turns Auras and Equipment into a movable resource rather than a fixed commitment. A swarm of pump Auras can jump onto whichever attacker matters this turn; a piece of Equipment can migrate off a spent creature and onto a fresh one before the swing. Because the shuffle happens at the start of your combat, you can suit up cheaply on prior turns and reposition once the board has settled, decoupling the cost of attaching from the choice of what to attach to. Nothing here threatens on its own; the 2/2 is a logistics engine in a small frame, and Partner is what completes it, opening a slot for a co-commander to bring the aggression, ramp, or extra color while Ardenn handles the freight. Plenty of designs have offered free equip; few compress the whole attachment economy of a deck into one recurring combat trigger this cleanly.

Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist (prm)
PRM · #86304uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $3.56
Foil: $4.84
Oracle Text

Rules text

At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may attach any number of Auras and Equipment you control to target permanent or player. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
N/A
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
N/A
Historic
N/A
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
N/A
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
Legal
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