Price$1.56 – $5.25
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Artifact — Equipment
LegalRank #12
Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and 
no matter when it came under your control.)
Equip 
(: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
KeywordsEquip
Why is this card good?
Swiftfoot Boots is one of the most-played cards in Commander for good reason: it's cheap, colorless, and protects your most important creature — usually your commander.
The hexproof shields your general from targeted removal, edicts aside, while haste lets it attack or tap immediately. That haste matters more than people think: in any deck where your commander needs to swing (Voltron) or tap for value (mana dorks, ability-based commanders), the boots let it work the turn it lands, avoiding a wasted turn after a recast.
- Wants it: Voltron/commander-damage decks, any deck relying on a key creature, especially one that gets recast repeatedly and racks up commander tax.
- Trade-off vs. Lightning Greaves: Greaves are free to equip but give shroud (you can't target your own creature). Boots cost to equip but allow your own auras/buffs — better for Voltron.
Skip it in token/go-wide or aristocrats decks where no single creature is worth protecting — you'd rather run interaction or ramp.
to equip but allow your own auras/buffs — better for Voltron.
Skip it in token/go-wide or aristocrats decks where no single creature is worth protecting — you'd rather run interaction or ramp.Related cards
Lightning Greaves
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Printings (42)
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Played by these commanders
Hakbal of the Surging Soul100% of 1
Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath100% of 1
Clavileño, First of the Blessed100% of 1
Breya, Etherium Shaper100% of 1
Nahiri, the Lithomancer100% of 1
Urza, Chief Artificer100% of 1
Perrie, the Pulverizer100% of 1
Wyleth, Soul of Steel100% of 1
Terra, Herald of Hope100% of 2
Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge100% of 1
Combos (3)
- Urza, Prince of Kroog + Metalworker + Swiftfoot Boots
→ Infinite colorless mana, Infinite copies of artifacts you control, Infinite creature tokens
- Urza, Prince of Kroog + Doubling Cube + Swiftfoot Boots
→ Infinite copies of artifacts you control, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite ETB
- Drafna, Founder of Lat-Nam + Timestream Navigator + Encroaching Mycosynth + Swiftfoot Boots
→ Infinite turns, Lock
Rulings (1)
- 2018-03-16
If a creature enters the battlefield under your control and gains haste, but then loses it before attacking, it won't be able to attack that turn. This means that you can't use one Swiftfoot Boots to allow two new creatures to attack in the same turn.