Pre-War Formalwear
Pre-War Formalwear: Artifact - Equipment, Fallout. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{W}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Artifact - Equipment
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Fallout (PIP)
- Released
- 2024-03-08
- Collector number
- 21
- Artist
- Josu Hernaiz
- Commander rank
- 6,043 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Equip
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About Pre-War Formalwear
Pre-War Formalwear is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white artifact from Fallout (PIP), a Commander product released in March 2024. It is collector number 21 in that set, with art by Josu Hernaiz. It costs {2}{W} (two generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 2 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.97 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
When this Equipment enters, return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield and attach this Equipment to it.
Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has vigilance.
Equip {3}
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.97 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Pre-War Formalwear by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Pre-War Formalwear
Pre-War Formalwear has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2450 | Rare | 2026 |
| Fallout (PIP) #369 | Rare | 2024 |
| Fallout (PIP) #549 | Rare | 2024 |
| Fallout (PIP) #897 | Rare | 2024 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Pre-War Formalwear.
- If Pre-War Formalwear can't be attached to the permanent returned to the battlefield by its first ability (perhaps because it's not currently a creature), Pre-War Formalwear will remain on the battlefield unattached.
Similar cards
Other artifact cards with a white colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Pre-War Formalwear is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.