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Ensouled Scimitar

{3}

Artifact — Equipment

5DNFifth Dawn#119uncommon
Foil
Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 1283
Illustrator
Edward P. Beard, Jr.
Found in
Fifth Dawn MTGO Redemption Foil · Fifth Dawn Theme Deck Special Forces · 2 more
Printings1
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
{3}: This artifact becomes a 1/5 Spirit artifact creature with flying until end of turn. (Equipment that's a creature can't equip a creature.) Equipped creature gets +1/+5. Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Equip

Plays as: Artifact Animator · Is Equipment

Market · per finishspark updated 11h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.25
$0.08 low$0.06 gap
Foil+7.4%
$1.75
$0.70 low$0.20 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.25· across 1 printing

Rulings

1 · latest Aug 1, 2008 · one tap opens all
  • WotCAug 1, 2008

    A noncreature permanent that turns into a creature can attack, and its {T} abilities can be activated, only if its controller has continuously controlled that permanent since the beginning of their most recent turn. It doesn't matter how long the permanent has been a creature.