Sword of the Paruns — Command the Ranks

Sword of the Paruns gives you a tidy toolkit for tempo and board skew. The equipment rewards you for choosing whether the bearer will stand ready or strike first. When the equipped creature is tapped, your tapped creatures gain increased power so attacks and sacrifice synergies scale up. When the equipped creature is untapped, your untapped creatures gain extra toughness which helps stall opposing beaters and shore up a defensive formation.

This Near Mint Foil from Ravnica Remastered also lets you flip the equation for three mana by tapping or untapping the equipped creature. That activated option lets you pivot midgame between committing to combat and protecting key creatures. The Equip cost is three mana which keeps it playable in decks that want a persistent anthem effect without competing for key colored spots. Use it to support aggressive swarms or to shore up a controlling shell that needs flexible status effects.

Card Details:

• Mana Cost – {4}
• Card Type – Artifact — Equipment
• Subtypes – Equipment
• Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – As long as equipped creature is tapped, tapped creatures you control get +2/+0. As long as equipped creature is untapped, untapped creatures you control get +0/+2. {3}: You may tap or untap equipped creature. Equip 3.
• Power / Toughness – N A