MScore: 9.3/10

Sword of Light and Shadow

{3}

Artifact — Equipmentspecial

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}

Illustrated by Matt Stewart · Kaladesh Inventions · #30

Rulings for Sword of Light and Shadow

2020-08-07
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.

2020-08-07
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.

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Format Legality

Duellegal

Brawllegal

Pennylegal

Predhlegal

Futurenot legal

Legacylegal

Modernlegal

Paupernot legal

Alchemynot legal

Pioneernot legal

Vintagelegal

Historiclegal

Standardnot legal

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