Grifter's Blade
Ravnica: City of Guilds 263 • uncommon
- Set
- Ravnica: City of Guilds
- Collector number
- 263
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Alan Pollack
- Market price
- $0.14
What it does
Flash
As this Equipment enters, choose a creature you control it could be attached to. If you do, it enters attached to that creature.
Equipped creature gets +1/+1.
Equip 1 generic mana
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Grifter's Blade was introduced in the 2005 Magic: The Gathering set Ravnica: City of Guilds, marking the beginning of the popular Ravnica block. Designed as an Equipment card with the 'equip' keyword, it was created to support the set's focus on guild-based mechanics and color-coded strategies. Its inclusion in the set reflects the high-fantasy urban aesthetic of the plane of Ravnica, where equipment cards were frequently used to represent the specialized tools and weapons used by the city's disparate factions.
The card’s illustration was crafted by artist Christopher Rush, a legendary contributor to the game’s early visual identity. Rush chose a sleek, utilitarian aesthetic for the blade that emphasizes its role as a quick-acting, subtle weapon, fitting the 'Grifter' name. Upon its release, the card was viewed primarily as a functional limited-environment tool, celebrated for its ability to provide a cost-effective combat advantage while reinforcing the set's intricate tactical gameplay.
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