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Tempered Steel
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Scars of MirrodinSOM · #24
- Card type
- Enchantment
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 1.27 € · ★ 2.58 € · 2.10 $ · ★ 3.91 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- White
Card text
Artifact creatures you control get +2/+2.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- TimelessLegal
- 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
- Wayne Reynolds
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2010-10-01
Flavour text
"Death shall prevail as long as our will falls to rust. May necessity anneal our resolve." —Ghalma the Shaper
Rulings
Because damage remains marked on a creature until the damage is removed as the turn ends, nonlethal damage dealt to artifact creatures you control may become lethal if Tempered Steel leaves the battlefield during that turn.
