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Ogre Geargrabber

Creature — Ogre Warrior4 generic manaRed manaRed mana

The whole design lives in that closing clause: the borrowed Equipment snaps back to its controller the moment you lose control of it, which at cleanup it does. That makes this a combat tempo play rather than removal. The window is the attack trigger, so the payoff is entirely in what your opponent has bolted onto their board: a Sword granting protection and evasion, a heavy artifact loaded with abilities, anything whose absence weakens their blocks and whose presence turns a 4/4 into a real threat for one swing. The trigger's own attach clause grants the keywords without ever paying an equip cost, which is the clever part of the rental: you skip the price of admission. The catch keeps it grounded: an opponent running no Equipment leaves the trigger inert, and six mana for a double-red body with no attack payoff is a steep floor to clear. It belongs to the small family of effects that punish equipment-heavy boards by renting their best toy mid-swing, a red answer to a problem red usually solves with burn or artifact destruction. Where Smelt-style removal blows the Sword apart, this one turns it against its owner for a beat, then gives it back. The flavor of an ogre wrenching a weapon out of a soldier's grip and swinging it back in the same motion is precisely what the rules text executes.

Ogre Geargrabber (som)
SOM · #99uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.10
Foil: $0.49
Oracle Text

Rules text

Whenever this creature attacks, gain control of target Equipment an opponent controls until end of turn. Attach it to this creature. When you lose control of that Equipment, unattach it.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
Legal
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
Legal
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
N/A
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