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Mortarpod

{2}

Artifact — Equipment

MBSMirrodin Besieged#115uncommon
Foil
Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 711
Illustrator
Eric Deschamps
Found in
Mirrodin Besieged MTGO Redemption Foil · Dark Ascension Event Deck Spiraling Doom · 5 more
Printings5CombosIn 8
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Living weapon (When this Equipment enters, create a 0/0 black Phyrexian Germ creature token, then attach this to it.) Equipped creature gets +0/+1 and has "Sacrifice this creature: This creature deals 1 damage to any target." Equip {2}
Living weaponEquip

Plays as: Is Equipment · Pinger · Planeswalker Removal · Creature Token Maker

Market · per finishspark updated 15h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil-7.1%
$0.13
$0.03 low-$0.01 gap
Foil+7.9%
$0.68
$0.32 low-$0.13 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.13· across 5 printings

Rulings

5 · latest Aug 7, 2020 · one tap opens all
  • WotCAug 7, 2020

    If the Germ token is destroyed, the Equipment remains on the battlefield as with any other Equipment.

  • WotCAug 7, 2020

    If the living weapon trigger causes two Germs to be created (due to an effect such as that of Doubling Season), the Equipment becomes attached to one of them. The other will be put into your graveyard and subsequently cease to exist, unless another effect raises its toughness above 0.

  • WotCAug 7, 2020

    Like other Equipment, each Equipment with living weapon has an equip cost. You can pay this cost to attach an Equipment to another creature you control. Once the Germ token is no longer equipped, it will be put into your graveyard and subsequently cease to exist, unless another effect raises its toughness above 0.

  • WotCAug 7, 2020

    The Germ token enters the battlefield as a 0/0 creature and the Equipment becomes attached to it before state-based actions would cause the token to die. Abilities that trigger as the token enters the battlefield see that a 0/0 creature entered the battlefield.

  • WotCJun 1, 2011

    If you sacrifice the equipped creature to deal 1 damage to a target permanent or player, the damage is dealt by the creature as it last existed on the battlefield.