Mage Slayer
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Alara RebornARB · #57
- Card type
- Artifact — Equipment
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.59 € · ★ 5.61 € · 1.85 $ · ★ 15.87 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- Red Green
Card text
Whenever equipped creature attacks, it deals damage equal to its power to the player or planeswalker it's attacking. 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
- Lars Grant-West
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2009-04-30
Flavour text
"When the wielder is strong enough, any sword will do." —Kresh the Bloodbraided
Rulings
This ability triggers and resolves in the declare attackers step. The creature will still deal its combat damage as normal later on during the combat phase.
When the equipped creature attacks, the first ability will trigger. When that ability resolves, that creature will deal damage equal to its power to player or planeswalker it's attacking, even if Mage Slayer has left the battlefield or is equipping a different creature by that time.
