Blade of Shadows and Light
The Sword of Light and Shadow is a solid piece of Universes Beyond design that rewards timing and board sense. Sword of Light and Shadow equips for {2} and gives an equipped creature a straightforward boost of +2/+2 while granting protection from white and from black. That combination turns modest attackers into resilient threats and makes combat trades favorable when you choose your targets carefully.
Beyond raw stats the Sword of Light and Shadow brings a recurring advantage when damage connects. Whenever the equipped creature deals combat damage to a player you gain three life and you may return up to one target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. Those triggers close races and provide long term value in attrition games. Use it to stabilize against disruptive decks or to grind value in creature matchups. Add this artifact to an Equipment shell or a creature heavy deck and lean into safe attack windows to extract maximum utility.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {3}
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Card Type – Artifact Equipment
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Subtypes – Equipment
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from white and from black. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you gain 3 life and you may return up to one target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. Equip {2}.
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Power / Toughness – N A
