Astor, Bearer of Blades
Astor, Bearer of Blades: Legendary Creature - Human Warrior, Dominaria United. When Astor enters, look at the top seven cards of your library. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{R}{W}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Human Warrior
- Colour identity
- White and red (WR)
- Power / toughness
- 4/4
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Dominaria United (DMU)
- Released
- 2022-09-09
- Collector number
- 194
- Artist
- Josh Hass
- Commander rank
- 4,767 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Astor, Bearer of Blades
Astor, Bearer of Blades is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white and red legendary creature from Dominaria United (DMU), an expansion set released in September 2022. It is collector number 194 in that set, with art by Josh Hass. It costs {2}{R}{W} (two generic, one white and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 4/4 creature. Its colour identity is white and red. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.31 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
When Astor enters, look at the top seven cards of your library. You may reveal an Equipment or Vehicle card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Equipment you control have equip {1}.
Vehicles you control have crew 1.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.31 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Astor, Bearer of Blades by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Astor, Bearer of Blades
Astor, Bearer of Blades has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Dominaria United (DMU) #293 | Rare | 2022 |
| Dominaria United (DMU) #334 | Rare | 2022 |
| Dominaria United Promos (PDMU) #194p | Rare | 2022 |
| Dominaria United Promos (PDMU) #194s | Rare | 2022 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Astor, Bearer of Blades, newest first.
- You may still activate any other equip or crew abilities that permanent has if you wish.
- Once either the equip {1} or crew 1 ability is activated, causing Astor, Bearer of Blades to leave the battlefield won't stop the ability from resolving.
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