Hero's Blade
Mana Cost:
Type: Artifact — Equipment
Oracle Text:
Equipped creature gets +3/+2.
Whenever a legendary creature you control enters, you may attach this Equipment to it.
Equip {4} ({4}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Power/Toughness: -/-
Rarity: uncommon
Prints: View all prints (1) →
Expansion: Doctor Who
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Character Background
Hero's Blade thematically reads as a sword that seeks out heroes, giving a +3/+2 punch and auto-bonding to any legendary creature that enters your battlefield—mechanically it’s a tool for midrange/tempo-value legends strategies. In aggro-leaning legendary decks it turns 2–3 mana bodies into real clock-threats; in commander or midrange it’s a value engine when combined with blink or reanimation to repeatedly reattach. Because the activate Equip {4} is steep, prioritize getting the Blade onto cheap or recurring legends and include ways to cheat attachments: Sigarda’s Aid or effects that put Equipment onto the battlefield and cards that blink or recur creatures to retrigger the attach are excellent companions. Build-around considerations: pack several low-cost legends with evasion or strong ETB triggers and protect the artifact (or hide it behind counters), and avoid wasting a full equip activation—this is a tempo/value card that wants to stick to a hero and let that creature close the game.
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