Short Bow

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Short Bow: Artifact - Equipment, Bloomburrow. Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has reach and vigilance. Equip 1. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}
Mana value
2
Type
Artifact - Equipment
Colour identity
Colourless
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Bloomburrow (BLB)
Released
2024-08-02
Collector number
248
Artist
Zara Alfonso
Commander rank
4,489 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Equip

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About Short Bow

Short Bow is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon colourless artifact from Bloomburrow (BLB), an expansion set released in August 2024. It is collector number 248 in that set, with art by Zara Alfonso. It costs {2} (two generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy and Gladiator. Bloomburrow is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.24 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has reach and vigilance.

Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Take heart. Take aim. Take them down.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.24 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Short Bow by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
AlchemyLegal
GladiatorLegal

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