Red Mage's Rapier

Red Mage's Rapier

{1}{R}Artifact — Equipment

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Job select (When this Equipment enters, create a 1/1 colorless Hero creature token, then attach this to it.)

Equipped creature has "Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn" and is a Wizard in addition to its other types.

Equip {3}

What it does

Tagged as Tokens · Equipment · Spellslinger payoff — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.

Official rulings

  1. The ability granted by Red Mage's Rapier resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered or otherwise leaves the stack. (2025-06-06)
  2. If the Hero token is destroyed, the Equipment stays on the battlefield. (2025-06-06)
  3. You may pay the Equipment's equip cost as normal to move it from the Hero token to another creature you control. (2025-06-06)
  4. If the job select ability causes two Hero tokens to be created (due to an effect such as that of Doubling Season), the Equipment becomes attached to only one of them. (2025-06-06)
  5. The Hero token enters as a 1/1 creature, then the Equipment becomes attached to it. Abilities that trigger when a creature enters the battlefield see that a 1/1 creature entered the battlefield. (2025-06-06)

Printings & prices

Every set Red Mage's Rapier has been printed in, with the art, the finishes and the market price of each — the headline price above is the cheapest of these.

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