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Sword of the Animist
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Sword of the Animist

{2}

Legendary Artifact — Equipment

LegalRampRank #244

Equipped creature gets +1/+1.

Whenever equipped creature attacks, you may search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Equip {2}

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Why is this card good?

Sword of the Animist is one of the best colorless ramp pieces for attack-focused decks. At just {2} to cast and {2} to equip, it accelerates your mana every combat — and crucially, it fetches lands onto the battlefield, thinning your deck and ramping even in colors that traditionally struggle with it (white, especially). Where it shines: - Aggressive/Voltron decks that reliably attack each turn — you ramp while pressuring opponents. - White and colorless ramp-starved decks that lack Cultivate-style spells. - Go-wide tokens where you can stick it on an evasive or expendable attacker. - Excellent with untap/extra-combat effects, doubling the land fetches. The land enters tapped and the trigger only fires on attack, so it's slow value — you need a board state where swinging is safe and repeated. In stax, control, or non-attacking combo decks, it's dead weight. It also wants basics, so heavy nonbasic manabases get less from it. Best in decks already committed to combat as a wincon, not as standalone ramp.

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Wayfarer's BaubleC

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Explorer's ScopeC

Cheap equipment that ramps basics on attack.

Sword of Hearth and HomeC

Equipment that fetches basics on combat damage plus blink.

Pathway ArrowsC

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Loyal DrakeU

Repeatable card advantage on attack via equipment-style trigger.

CultivateG

Reliable land ramp staple if going more green.

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