Mage Slayer
Mage Slayer: Artifact - Equipment, Neon Dynasty Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{R}{G}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Artifact - Equipment
- Colour identity
- Red and green (RG)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Neon Dynasty Commander (NEC)
- Released
- 2022-02-18
- Collector number
- 140
- Artist
- Lars Grant-West
- Keywords
- Equip
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About Mage Slayer
Mage Slayer is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon red and green artifact from Neon Dynasty Commander (NEC), a Commander product released in February 2022. It is collector number 140 in that set, with art by Lars Grant-West. It costs {1}{R}{G} (one generic, one red and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is red and green. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Alara Reborn (2009) to Neon Dynasty Commander (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.74 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Whenever equipped creature attacks, it deals damage equal to its power to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.
Equip {3}
"When the wielder is strong enough, any sword will do." -Kresh the Bloodbraided
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.74 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Mage Slayer by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Mage Slayer
Mage Slayer has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #HOP-91 | Uncommon | 2026 |
| Planechase (HOP) #91 | Uncommon | 2009 |
| Alara Reborn (ARB) #57 | Uncommon | 2009 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Mage Slayer, newest first.
- This ability triggers and resolves in the declare attackers step. The creature will still deal its combat damage as normal later on during the combat phase.
- When the equipped creature attacks, the first ability will trigger. When that ability resolves, that creature will deal damage equal to its power to player or planeswalker it's attacking, even if Mage Slayer has left the battlefield or is equipping a different creature by that time.
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