Sword of Light and Shadow

{3} · Artifact — Equipment

Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from white and from black. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you gain 3 life and you may return up to one target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. Equip {2}

Rulings (2)

Aug 7, 2020 · If you choose a target creature card in your graveyard and that card is an illegal target by the time the triggered ability tries to resolve, the ability won't resolve. You won't gain 3 life. If you don't choose a target at all, you just gain 3 life.

Aug 7, 2020 · The triggered ability can target a creature card that was put into your graveyard as a result of state-based actions immediately after the combat damage that caused the ability to trigger.

LegacyLegal

VintageLegal

ModernLegal

PioneerNot legal

StandardNot legal

PauperNot legal

PremodernNot legal

cEDHLegal

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No qualifying decks played Sword of Light and Shadow in the last 30 days. Tournament coverage starts Jun 1, 2026.

Data as of Jun 14, 2026 · MTGO + papercasthaven.com

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