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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Collectors' EditionCED · #49
- Card type
- Enchantment — Aura
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 1.42 € · 1.25 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
Enchant artifact As long as enchanted artifact isn't a creature, it's an artifact creature with power and toughness each equal to its mana value.
Format legality
Legality is not available in the catalogue.
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
- Douglas Shuler
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 1993-12-10
Rulings
A noncreature permanent that turns into a creature can attack, and its abilities can be activated, only if its controller has continuously controlled that permanent since the beginning of their most recent turn. It doesn't matter how long the permanent has been a creature.
This card has been returned to its original functionality. If it is enchanting an artifact that's already a creature, it won't change its power and toughness.
Other printings of this card
30th Anniversary Edition · #48- 30th Anniversary Edition · #345
Masters Edition IV · #38
Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border · #60
Fourth Edition · #60
Summer Magic / Edgar · #48
Revised Edition · #48
Foreign Black Border · #48
Intl. Collectors' Edition · #49
Unlimited Edition · #49
Limited Edition Beta · #49
Limited Edition Alpha · #48