Slice Through Defenses with Dancing Sword
The Dancing Sword emerges as a versatile artifact equipment that brings both offensive boost and unexpected resilience to your board state. For the modest investment of just one white mana and one generic mana, you can empower any creature with a +2/+1 bonus, sharpening its edge in combat. More than just a simple stat enhancer, the Dancing Sword carries a unique twist in its design: when the equipped creature falls, the sword sheds its role as mere equipment to take corporeal form as a 2/1 Construct artifact creature with flying and ward 1. This transformation means it can keep pressuring your opponent from the skies without the vulnerability of being casually targeted or removed.
In decks aiming for longevity and incremental advantage, Dancing Sword synergizes well with creatures that have death triggers or those you intend to sacrifice for added value, such as Skyclave Apparition or cards that benefit from flying threats. Its ability to shift gears from equipment to creature keeps your battlefield dynamic, ensuring you never lose momentum when creatures hit the graveyard. Equip it early, and keep your threats alive—sometimes even twice over.
Card Details:
- Mana Cost: {1}{W}
- Card Type: Artifact — Equipment
- Subtypes: Equipment
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed): Equipped creature gets +2/+1.
When equipped creature dies, you may have Dancing Sword become a 2/1 Construct artifact creature with flying and ward {1}. If you do, it isn’t an Equipment.
Equip {1} - Power / Toughness: N/A (not a creature initially)