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Sword of Once and Future
What can you build with Sword of Once and Future?
Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from blue and from black. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, surveil 2. Then you may cast an instant or sorcery spell with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. Equip {2}
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IN COMMANDER
Sword of Once and Future at a glance
- Commander
- Legal
- Colour identity
- Colourless (fits any Commander deck)
- What it does
- Equipment, graveyard, instants and sorceries
- Popularity
- Top 5,000 in Commander (#4,869 on EDHREC)
- Mana cost
- {3}
- Rarity
- Mythic
- First printed
- 2023 · 4 printings
- Artist
- Joshua Cairos
Popularity rank from EDHREC, card data from Scryfall.
CARD OVERVIEW
Sword of Once and Future
Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from blue and from black. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, surveil 2. Then you may cast an instant or sorcery spell with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. Equip {2}
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FAQ
Questions about Sword of Once and Future
What does Sword of Once and Future do?
Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from blue and from black. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, surveil 2. Then you may cast an instant or sorcery spell with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. Equip {2}
Is Sword of Once and Future legal in Commander?
Yes, Sword of Once and Future is legal in Commander.
What colour identity is Sword of Once and Future?
Colourless (fits any Commander deck). A Commander deck can only include it if the commander's colour identity contains these colours.
Which commanders work with Sword of Once and Future?
Commanders whose abilities use what it does include Toph, Hardheaded Teacher, Emet-Selch of the Third Seat, Kess, Dissident Mage and Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator.
What cards are similar to Sword of Once and Future?
Cards that do a similar job include Sword of Wealth and Power, Glamdring, Blue Mage's Cane and Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death.
Can I see what I can build with Sword of Once and Future?
Yes. Add your cards to Mana For Cards and it shows which Commander decks you're closest to building, including ones that use Sword of Once and Future, and what you're missing.
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