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Swordsman's Steel

Artifact — Equipment4 generic mana

Both halves of this Equipment read off the same census: how many pieces of gear are already on the board when it resolves. Its entry draws a card for each Equipment you control, and its anthem turns that same running count into a +2/+2-per-Equipment buff that recalculates the instant any piece enters or leaves. Because the size bonus is a live total rather than a fixed grant, it does not matter which creature carries the sword: the payoff scales with the board instead of riding a single carrier, which sets it apart from the standard "make one creature enormous" Equipment. The steep equip cost of 3 generic mana tells you what the card is: a capstone that expects a Voltron-style engine humming before it lands. Drop it with only itself in play and it counts one, drawing a single card and granting +2/+2, the design admitting plainly that it rewards a stocked board rather than an opening turn. The wrinkle is timing. The draw fires exactly once, on entry, while the anthem persists and grows. So sequencing matters enormously: land this into a fat Equipment count for a windfall of cards, then keep stacking gear afterward to inflate the buff. Into a sparse board it refills your hand by a card; into a loaded one it draws a fistful off the top while turning any random attacker into a lethal threat.

Swordsman's Steel (msc)
MSC · #752rare
Pricing
Normal: $26.49
Foil: $31.46
Oracle Text

Rules text

When this Equipment enters, draw a card for each Equipment you control. Equipped creature gets +2/+2 for each Equipment you control. Equip 3 generic mana
Legalities

Format Status

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