Javelin of Lightning
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's GateCLB · #185
- Card type
- Artifact — Equipment
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.14 € · ★ 0.26 € · 0.24 $ · ★ 0.25 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- Red
Card text
Flash When this Equipment enters, attach it to target creature you control. During your turn, equipped creature gets +2/+0 and has first strike. Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- James Paick
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2022-06-10
Rulings
Attaching an Equipment with its enters-the-battlefield triggered ability isn't the same as using its equip ability. You don't pay mana for the attachment, and the timing restrictions for equip abilities don't apply.
If the target creature becomes an illegal target, the Equipment remains on the battlefield unattached.
Javelin of Lightning doesn't enter the battlefield attached to a creature. Instead, the Equipment enters the battlefield and then a triggered ability attaches it to a creature. You may cast Javelin of Lightning even if you don't control any creatures.