Dissection Tools

Card text

When this Equipment enters, manifest dread, then attach this Equipment to that creature.

Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has deathtouch and lifelink.

Equip-Sacrifice a creature.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.28 (as of 2026-11-12).

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Format legality

Legality of Dissection Tools by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

Other printings of Dissection Tools

Dissection Tools has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Dissection Tools, newest first.

• 2024-09-20 You can sacrifice any creature you control to pay Dissection Tools's equip cost, including the creature Dissection Tools is currently equipping.
• 2024-09-20 A permanent that turns face up or face down changes characteristics but is otherwise the same permanent. Spells and abilities that were targeting that permanent and Auras and Equipment that were attached to that permanent aren't affected unless the new characteristics of the object change the legality of those targets or attachments.
• 2024-09-20 Any time you have priority, you can turn a manifested permanent you control face up by revealing that it's a creature card (ignoring any copy effects or type-changing effects that might be applying to it) and paying its mana cost. This is a special action. It doesn't use the stack and can't be responded to.
• 2024-09-20 At any time, you can look at a face-down spell or permanent you control. You can't look at face-down permanents or spells you don't control unless an effect instructs or allows you to do so.
• 2024-09-20 Because face-down creatures don't have a name, they can't have the same name as any other creature, even another face-down creature.
• 2024-09-20 Because the permanent is on the battlefield both before and after it's turned face up, turning a permanent face up doesn't cause any enters-the-battlefield abilities to trigger.
• 2024-09-20 If a double-faced card is manifested, it will be put onto the battlefield face down. While face down, it can't transform. If the front face of the card is a creature card, you can turn it face up by paying its mana cost. If you do, its front face will be up.
• 2024-09-20 Unlike a face-down creature that was cast using a disguise or morph ability, a manifested creature may still be turned face up after it loses its abilities if it's a creature card.

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