Fortify Your Forces with Plate Armor
Plate Armor from Adventures in the Forgotten Realms is a quintessential tool for any white-based equipment deck looking to bolster frontline dominance. Granting a solid +3/+3 bonus, it transforms even modest creatures into formidable threats. Its ward 1 mechanic adds a crucial layer of protection by forcing opponents to pay an additional cost to target your equipped creature, effectively deterring removal spells or disruptive abilities. The synergy with other Equipment is especially notable, as each additional piece you control reduces the equip cost by 1, making it easier to swiftly arm your forces and apply pressure.
Strategically, Plate Armor pairs well with creatures that benefit from incremental buffs and protection, such as those with naturally high toughness or impactful enter-the-battlefield effects. The equip cost reduction encourages layering multiple Equipment, rewarding decks that can generate artifacts efficiently. This artifact-equipment hybrid thus suits aggressive midrange builds and equipment-centric archetypes looking to maximize board presence and resilience in a challenging meta.
Card Details:
- Mana Cost: {2}{W}
- Card Type: Artifact — Equipment
- Card Text: Equipped creature gets +3/+3 and has ward 1. (Whenever equipped creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {1}.) Equip {3}. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each other Equipment you control.