Starforged Sword
~$0.18 low · ~$0.26 high
Colorless. Artifact — Equipment

Bloomburrow #249 · Illustrated by Mark Poole
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Oracle text
Gift a tapped Fish (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, when it enters, they create a tapped 1/1 blue Fish creature token.)
When this Equipment enters, if the gift was promised, attach this Equipment to target creature you control.
Equipped creature gets +3/+3 and loses flying.
Equip
Format legality
The only printing of Starforged Sword
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bloomburrow blb #249· 2024uncommon· Cardmarket €0.07 · €0.16 foil | uncommon | $0.18 | $0.26 | €0.07€0.16 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2024
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 4
- EDHREC rank
- #15,012 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Gift, Equip
- Artist
- Mark Poole
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Bloomburrow card (#249).
0249 · BLB · U · EN
- 0249Collector number: this card's place in the set list.
- BLBSet code for Bloomburrow
- UUncommon
- ENPrinted in English
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Rulings (11)
2024-07-26
If an ability of the equipped creature states that it has flying "as long as" a condition is true, that condition becoming true won't cause the creature to gain flying. For example, if the equipped creature "has flying as long as it's attacking," it won't gain flying even if it attacks after Starforged Sword becomes attached to it.
2024-07-26
If the equipped creature gains flying after Starforged Sword became attached to it, it will have flying.
2024-07-26
Starforged Sword can be attached to a creature that didn't have flying to begin with.
2024-07-26
In the main set, there are four different kinds of gifts. "Gift a Food" causes the chosen opponent to create a Food token, while "Gift a Treasure" causes the chosen opponent to create a Treasure token. "Gift a card" causes them to draw a card, and "Gift a tapped Fish" causes them to create a tapped 1/1 blue Fish creature token. The Commander decks contain two more kinds of gifts: "Gift an Octopus," which causes the chosen opponent to create an 8/8 blue Octopus creature token, and "Gift an extra turn," which causes them to take an extra turn after the current turn ends.
2024-07-26
As an additional cost to cast a spell with gift, you can promise the listed gift to an opponent. That opponent is chosen as part of that additional cost. The gift isn't given at this time; rather, it's given at a later time based on whether or not the spell is a permanent spell.
2024-07-26
If you copy a spell for which the gift was promised, the gift was also promised to the same opponent for the copy. If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent that's already on the battlefield, the gift isn't promised for that new permanent, even if it was promised for the original.
2024-07-26
If a spell for which the gift was promised is countered, doesn't resolve (perhaps because all of its targets are illegal), or is otherwise removed from the stack, the gift won't be given. None of its other effects will happen either.
2024-07-26
For instants and sorceries with gift, the gift is given to the appropriate opponent as part of the resolution of the spell. This happens before any of the spell's other effects would take place.
2024-07-26
Some instant or sorcery spells require alternative or additional targets if the gift was promised. You ignore these targeting requirements if the gifts aren't promised for those spells. On the other hand, you can promise a gift for a permanent spell even if you won't be able to choose targets for an enters ability of that permanent once the spell resolves.
2024-07-26
For permanent spells with gift, an ability triggers when that permanent enters if the gift was promised. When that ability resolves, the gift is given to the appropriate opponent.
2024-07-26
You can't pay a gift cost more than once.
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