Skip to content
Moxonomy

Chainflail Centipede

Artifact Creature — Equipment Insect2 generic manaBlack mana

Reconfigure's cleanest expression of what the mechanic is actually for. The keyword's whole pitch is that an Equipment can play as a body when you have nobody to suit up, then bolt onto a real threat once you do, without ever being stranded as a dead draw. Here the effect it carries is the same whether it is swinging on its own two legs or riding a bigger insect: an attack trigger that pumps power by two. That symmetry is the point. Most early combat rewards had to pick a lane (either a keen-edged creature or an anonymous piece of gear), and Reconfigure lets a single card fill whichever role the board wants without the awkward downtime of a Living Weapon token or the dead draw of an equipment with no wearer. The catch that keeps it from being pure upside is the sorcery-speed clause on the move: you commit to your configuration before combat, so an opponent who reads the board can size their blocks around whether the centipede is going to detach and swing itself or stay strapped to your beater. It is a small card doing a clear teaching job for the mechanic, showing exactly why Reconfigure was worth a keyword rather than a one-off: flexibility across turns bought with a modest recurring cost and a timing restriction that stops it from being a combat trick.

Chainflail Centipede (neo)
NEO · #90common
Pricing
Normal: $0.20
Foil: $0.10
Oracle Text

Rules text

Whenever this creature or equipped creature attacks, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn. Reconfigure 2 generic mana (2 generic mana: Attach to target creature you control; or unattach from a creature. Reconfigure only as a sorcery. While attached, this isn't a creature.)
Legalities

Format Status

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