Pull the Blade
Excalibur, Sword of Eden arrives as a heavy hitter for artifact and legendary decks. The card plays as a twelve colorless casting cost that can drop dramatically against a board full of historic permanents, making it a late game closer that often enters for far less than its face value. As an Equipment, it hands a blunt and simple upgrade to any attacker by granting the equipped creature +10/+0 and vigilance, which both closes races and enforces board presence without awkward triggers.
In practical deckbuilding terms the printed ability to reduce the spell cost scales cleanly with artifact and legendary synergies, so it rewards prebuilt historic shells and saga lines. Equip legendary creature {2} keeps the cost curve manageable while preserving the flavor of a single hero wielding the Sword of Eden. If you play Commander or a historic midrange list, this Excalibur behaves like a finisher that turns board advantage into lethal pressure. Pick it up to cement late turns or to shore up a creature that needs to close the game now.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {12}
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Card Type – Legendary Artifact — Equipment
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Subtypes – Legendary, Artifact, Equipment
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – This spell costs X less to cast, where X is the total mana value of historic permanents you control. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.) Equipped creature gets +10/+0 and has vigilance. Equip legendary creature 2
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Power / Toughness – N A
