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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.
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KeywordsEquip
Why is this card good?
Sword of the Animist is one of the best colorless ramp pieces for attack-focused decks. At just to cast and 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.
to cast and 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.Related cards
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