Sword of the Animist

Legendary Artifact — Equipment

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 your library.

Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery. This card enters the battlefield unattached and stays on the battlefield if the creature this card is attached to leaves the battlefield.)

Discussion (48)

NTakamura on Equipment for Burn/drain deck with …

1 day ago

I am building a deck with Florian, Voldaren Scion that is taking a more voltron approach to win. I would like to achieve this using equipment. I already have the piece for group slug to get damage through so I can dig. I have Basilisk Collar Commander's Plate Hammer of Nazahn Loxodon Warhammer O-Naginata Reaper's Talisman Ring of Xathrid Swiftfoot Boots Sword of Fire and Ice Sword of War and Peace Sword of the Animist in the deck. Any suggestion that can complement what already going on with the deck would be nice.

Florian Draining Blade

Guerric on [Primer] Helming the Host of Heaven: A Giada Guide

6 days ago

Game Report: May 13, 2022

I got in a three player game today against a fast Anowon, the Ruin Thief deck and my own Feather, the Redeemed deck which another person was playing, which is optimized. The MVP of the game was the almighty duo of Sanctuary Warden (just recently added to the deck) and Sword of Hearth and Home, which it turns out is a devastatingly powerful engine. While Anowon deck exploded out of the gate and was soon milling me four cards per turn, the Feather deck was slowed for the first few turns because he kept a hand with no red mana, which definitely helped. I drew Sword of the Animist in the first couple of turns and soon had Giada herself swinging with both, which meant I had absolutely no mana problems at all throughout the game, and felt like I was in a green deck. Sanctuary Warden was the first angel I got on the battlefield besides Giada, and she was an absolute powerhouse. Not only did Sword of Hearth and Home put a fresh, untapped plains onto the battlefield each turn, but it blinked Sanctuary Warden, allowing me later to put more counters on it after more angels were out, and drew a free card pretty much every turn. The milling actually helped out a couple of times because it milled me through some land clumps that would have been dead draws, and combined with two swords my deck was thinned to the goodstuff near the end. I ended up oblating the Anowon player's best mill piece and hitting him exclusively with my ever-growing angelic armada, which had been reinforced by Archangel of Thune and Angel of Jubilation. In the mean time, the Feather player had stabilized, hitting one of his tokens with Path to Exile to rapidly catch up in ramp, and began doing what feather does best. At that point I hit him for the first time with some large angel tokens generated by Archangel of Thune and The Book of Exalted Deeds, and also finished off the Anowon player, who I knew had a counterspell in hand, and then tutored up Sephara, Sky's Blade with Search for Glory and promptly played it! I knew he still had Path in hand, but was pretty confident he didn't have enough mana to both path Sephara and wipe my board the same turn. And that was where I made a huge mistake! I should have seen it coming, especially because it was my own darned deck and he had exactly four mana open. Instead of just swinging with just a little bit more power than I needed to kill him and holding Sephara in reserve, I just alpha swung with everything, thinking the game was over. And then I got my Comeuppance! It was absolutely brutal watching my whole board go to the graveyard and none of my damage or life-gain triggers working. Thankfully, Giada was saved by Sword of Hearth and Home and Sanctuary Warden was saved by her shield counters. Clearly they were still the MVPs! Since all of my mana was still untapped and I had cards in hand I played in quick succession, piling them with counters again. He wasn't able to come back even after his epic play, and on my subsequent term I finished with a win. It was certainly an enlightening game, aside from showcasing the power of two specatacular cards. I made quite a few misplays, and was fairly sloppy. Aside from the Comeuppance debacle I missed all of the on attack draw triggers for Sanctuary Warden and also forgot to scry and draw each turn with Herald's Horn, which was on the battlefield for a good part of the game. The deck was nonetheless strong enough to overcome these misplays. I've heard some people warning potential players on Reddit and elsewhere that Sanctuary Warden is a trap and not good enough, though others have defended its inclusion. After my experience today, there is definitely a lot of evidence in its favor. I'm also amazed that I was able to pick up Sword of Hearth and Home so cheaply still. Smuggler's Share costs three times enough and while good, is a narrower card that won't be anywhere near as expensive as the second best sword of will be in several years. Definitely invest in it now! As expected, The Book of Exalted Deeds and Archangel of Thune also played a role, and the deck still seems to have a great curve and lots of synergies.

SirHipHopHippo on Maraxus of Keld Pump & Dump [Budget]

6 days ago

Cut Brazen Freebooter add Captain Lannery Storm

Cut Ring of Valkas add Obsidian Battle-Axe

Cut Explorer's Scope add Sword of the Animist

Cut O-Naginata add Sword of Hearth and Home

Cut Fires of Invention add Nettlecyst

Guerric on Dealing with politics as an …

1 week ago

I'd also add a qualification here to the "spread the love around" discussion. I think this is bad when you are doing a lot of damage, as others have said. Hitting someone for ten will generally make them your enemy, even if you switch focus to another player the following turn. Hitting the, for one to three damage when you have a reason other than said damage ("I just need a land from Sword of the Animist because I'm in Mardu") is something players aren't too salty about in my experience, especially if you're not hitting the same one or just hitting them because they're open and you can get said resource. Most people including myself, in my experience, don't mind a point or two when we see a reason other than pissing someone off ("they need ramp or draw"). When you hit someone for ten though, they'll eventually come for you, so its better to hit them for forty and kill them.

DrukenReaps on Goading Walkers

2 weeks ago

Removing: Bedlam, Chandra, Flame's Fury, Disrupt Decorum, Flamerush Rider, Court of Ambition, and Court of Ire.

Adding: Sword of the Animist, Dowsing Dagger  ^Flip, Thaumatic Compass  ^Flip, Worn Powerstone, Talisman of Indulgence, and Veinfire Borderpost.

Cyb3rguerrill0 on Bark Bark Bark

2 weeks ago

Still got some slots open? So I would recommend: The Ozolith, Sword of the Animist, Dragon Throne of Tarkir, Inventors' Fair, Kor Haven I would also suggest to lower the average CMC Myojin of Blooming Dawn is overpriced imho ...

raspberryfish25 on Lyra Dawnbringer: Seek & Destroy

3 weeks ago

So I am really digging this deck but, I see you have the same issue that most mono white decks have which is card draw. A few cards that you might want to consider to help on the draw front are, Sigarda's Splendor, Cosmos Elixir, Rogue's Gloves and,Mask of Memory. I have personally found the last two equipments work really well in my angel deck as your creatures already have evasion.

From the creature front here are a few creatures I would condsider adding:

1. Speaker of the Heavens Not an angel but a really strong one drop in a deck like this.
2. Serra Avenger is a super strong two drop angel and would help to lower your overall curve.
3. Angel of Finality is really good graveyard hate against graveyard decks.
4. Angel of Jubilation is not only an anthem for this deck but will shutdown any aristocrats strategy.
5. Herald of War can be a good option to help lower your mana cost in this deck if you can find ways to reliably give it +1/+1 counters.
6. Radiant, Archangel don't sleep on this card because she get +1/+1 for each other creature with flying on the battlefield. Radiant can quickly become a 10/10 or bigger with little effort from you. The vigilance is icing on the cake.
7. Angelic Skirmisher is better than she looks because you get to choose which ability you give your creatures each combat.
8. Angel of Vitality would be a really strong angel in your deck. Not only will she be a 3 mana 4/4 angel most games but she also will make every source in your deck that gains you life gain you an additional life. That extra lifegain will add up really fast.

A few other cards you might want to consider:

1. Basilisk Collar is a cheap equipment that gives Lyra Deathtouch. Deathtouth and First Strike are a really good combo and would stop people from attacking into your board if Lyra is untapped.
2. Bonders' Enclave basically a second War Room in your deck.
3. Path of Ancestry you are in a tribal deck so why not scry when you play your angels?
4. Ajani, Strength of the Pride don't think of him as a planeswalker in your deck, most cases he is going to be a 4 mana onesided boardwipe. Even if you can't ultimate him as soon as he comes down the other two abilities are still very relevant in your deck.
5. Sword of the Animist is a really strong card in general but, in this deck it can become consistant ramp.
6. Keeper of the Accord if you have never played with him he can quickly pull you back into the game if you have been missing land drops. I have had games where I play him and by my next turn I have 3 additional plains in play. Plus the first ability that makes tokens can make relevant blockers.
7. Mangara, the Diplomat is really good white card draw plus he has the bonus of having lifelink which is useful in this deck.
8. Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire replace a plains with this card. At worst it is a plains but, othertimes it can become a clutch removal spell.
9. Emeria's Call  ^Flip I would replace one of your plains with this card as well. At worst it is a plains that you have to pay 3 life to have it come in untapped but, when you don't need the land it is a 7 mana make two 4/4 angels which is pure upside in this deck.
10. Starnheim Unleashed at worst this is a 4 mana Serra Angel which is already a better rate than a lot of your angels in this deck but, if you Foretell it then this card can single handedly win you the game.

Lastly you have a lot of 7 and 8 mana drop angels in this deck and unless they are actively winning you the game as soon as they come down then I would consider removing them. Think about it, for the same mana as Akroma, Angel of Wrath I could play Insurrection which can win me the game as soon as the spell resolves. That being said Insurrection is not even a spell that I actively play due to it costing so much mana. Just food for thought as I would personally consider removing some of your bigger angels for some of the lower costed angels I listed above as it would help to smooth out your curve and make your games more consistent.

Still really cool deck!

SinAffliction on No Seppuku Zone

1 month ago

Champion of Lambholt, Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin, Sword of the Animist, and Goro-Goro, disciple of ryosei is what I recommend. Davinoth pointed these others Godo, Bandit Warlord Embercleave that i agree with.

Champion of Lambholt though is a must. In my opinion.