Sword of Truth and Justice
~$31.27 low · ~$42.28 high
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Colorless. Artifact — Equipment

Modern Horizons #229 · Illustrated by Chris Rahn
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Oracle text
Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from white and from blue.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on a creature you control, then proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Equip
Format legality
All 4 printings of Sword of Truth and Justice
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Etched foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Secret Lair Drop sld #1867· 2025Borderlessmythic· Cardmarket €19.45 · €28.44 foil | mythic | $32.39 | — | No etched foil printing | €19.45€28.44 foil | |
Secret Lair Drop sld #1096· 2022mythic· Cardmarket €29.43 · €25.57 foil | mythic | $34.41 | $37.92 | No etched foil printing | €29.43€25.57 foil | |
Modern Horizons 1 Timeshifts h1r #32· 2021Retro Framemythic· Cardmarket €25.92 foil | mythic | No non-foil printing | $37.57 | $31.71 | €25.92 foil | |
Modern Horizons mh1 #229· 2019mythic· Cardmarket €25.26 · €30.37 foil | mythic | $31.27 | $42.28 | No etched foil printing | €25.26€30.37 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2019
- Printings
- 4
- Mana value
- 3
- EDHREC rank
- #1,700 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Proliferate, Equip
- Artists
- Yongjae Choi, Nils Hamm, Chris Rahn
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Modern Horizons card (#229).
229 · MH1 · M · EN
- 229Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- MH1Set code for Modern Horizons
- MMythic rare
- ENPrinted in English
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Rulings (8)
June 14, 2019
Protection from a color means that the equipped creature can't be blocked by creatures of that color, can't be the target of spells of that color or abilities from sources of that color, can't be enchanted or equipped by Auras or Equipment of that color, and all damage that sources of that color would deal to it is prevented. Nothing other than these events is prevented or illegal.
June 14, 2019
If a permanent or player you choose while proliferating has more than one kind of counter on it, it will get one more of each of those kinds. This means that if you put a +1/+1 counter on a creature you control with a -1/-1 counter on it, then choose that creature while proliferating, you'll put another of each of those counters on it before state-based actions remove them.
February 4, 2023
If a player or permanent has more than one kind of counter on it, and you choose for it to get additional counters, it must get one of each kind of counter it already has. You can't have it get just one kind of counter it already has and not the others.
February 4, 2023
An ability that triggers "Whenever you proliferate" triggers even if you chose no permanents or players while doing so.
February 4, 2023
To proliferate, you can choose any permanent that has a counter, including ones controlled by opponents. You can choose any player who has a counter, including opponents. You can't choose cards in any zone other than the battlefield, even if they have counters on them.
February 4, 2023
Players can respond to a spell or ability whose effect includes proliferating. Once that spell or ability starts to resolve, however, and its controller chooses which permanents and players will get new counters, it's too late for anyone to respond.
February 4, 2023
If a permanent ever has both +1/+1 counters and -1/-1 counters on it at the same time, they're removed in pairs as a state-based action so that the permanent has only one of those kinds of counters on it.
February 4, 2023
You don't have to choose every permanent or player that has a counter, only the ones you want to add another counter to. Since "any number" includes zero, you don't have to choose any permanents at all, and you don't have to choose any players at all.
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