The Short Sword foil card from Magic: The Gathering Core Set 2021 is a common Equipment artifact that provides a +1/+1 bonus to equipped creatures.
2020 • Magic: The Gathering • Core Set 2021
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Short Sword is a Common Artifact — Equipment card numbered 236 in the Core Set 2021 (M21) expansion. Released in 2020, this Magic: The Gathering card features a mana cost of {1} and a mana value of 1. The card functions as an Equipment, allowing players to attach it to a target creature they control for one mana during their sorcery phase. Once equipped, the creature receives a +1/+1 power and toughness boost. This straightforward effect makes the card a practical tool for enhancing board presence in limited formats and casual play. The foil treatment adds a distinct visual finish to this common rarity, appealing to collectors who appreciate the aesthetic variety within the M21 base set. Illustrated by John Severin Brassell, the card includes flavor text attributed to Captain Sisay from her memoirs. The Short Sword card from the 2020 Core Set 2021 is a Common foil artifact that grants equipped creatures +1/+1 and has an equip cost of {1}.
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Short Sword
Game
Magic: The Gathering
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Common
John Severin Brassell
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English
Foil
{1}
Artifact — Equipment
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Equipped creature gets +1/+1. Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
"Sometimes the only difference between a martyr and a hero is a sword." —Captain Sisay, *Memoirs*
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