Heavy Arbalest
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Scars of MirrodinSOM · #164
- Card type
- Artifact — Equipment
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.17 € · ★ 0.33 € · 0.08 $ · ★ 0.32 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- Colourless
Card text
Equipped creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step. Equipped creature has ": This creature deals 2 damage to any target." Equip
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- David Rapoza
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2010-10-01
Rulings
The creature that doesn't untap during its controller's untap step is the one that Heavy Arbalest is equipped to as that untap step begins. If a creature was tapped to activate the ability granted to it by the Arbalest, but the Arbalest is no longer equipping it, it will untap as normal.
The equipped creature is the source of both the damage ability and the resultant damage, not Heavy Arbalest. For example, if Heavy Arbalest equips a green creature, the ability can target a creature with protection from artifacts but not one with protection from green.
