Sword of the Animist
Sword of the Animist: Legendary Artifact - Equipment, Commander Masters. Equipped creature gets +1/+1. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Legendary Artifact - Equipment
- Colour identity
- Colourless
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Commander Masters (CMM)
- Released
- 2023-08-04
- Collector number
- 413
- Artist
- Daniel Ljunggren
- Keywords
- Equip
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About Sword of the Animist
Sword of the Animist is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare colourless legendary artifact from Commander Masters (CMM), a Masters set released in August 2023. It is collector number 413 in that set, with art by Daniel Ljunggren. It costs {2} (two generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 11 sets, from Magic Origins (2015) to Marvel Super Heroes Commander (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $5.13 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Equipped creature gets +1/+1.
Whenever equipped creature attacks, you may search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Equip {2}
The blade glows only for Zendikar's chosen.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $5.13 (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 Sword of the Animist 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 |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Sword of the Animist
Sword of the Animist has been printed in 11 sets. The 12 most recent other printings are listed here, newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Marvel Super Heroes Commander (MSC) #289 | Rare | 2026 |
| Marvel Super Heroes Commander (MSC) #452 | Rare | 2026 |
| Final Fantasy Commander (FIC) #362 | Rare | 2025 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1642 | Rare | 2024 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1642★ | Rare | 2024 |
| The List (PLST) #ORI-240 | Rare | 2023 |
| Commander Masters (CMM) #616 | Rare | 2023 |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #355 | Mythic | 2023 |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #385 | Mythic | 2023 |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #385z | Mythic | 2023 |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) #218 | Rare | 2021 |
| The List (PLST) #E01-89 | Rare | 2019 |
Similar cards
Other artifact cards with no colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.