equipping artifacts during enemy turn
Asked by zigkid3 13 years ago
say my enemy is attacking me.
i have a basilisk collar on creature A which is tapped.
can i pay 2 to requip it to my untapped creature B and block?
in otherwords does equipping work as a sorcery or an instant?
The Equip ability is cast as a sorcery. It isn't stated on every equipment. But it is on some. Adventuring Gear Because it can only be activated as a sorcery you can only equip and equipment using it's Equip ability during your turn. However, using another effect, such as on Brass Squire , allows you to equip at instant speed.
July 8, 2011 3:52 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #3
On cards which only say "equip X", then equip is a sorcery-speed ability which uses the stack.
On cards like Sparring Collar and Neurok Stealthsuit , there is an activated ability which allows you to attach the equipment to a creature you control. Since this is not the same as "equip", and is not specified to be restricted, these abilities are instant-speed.
You may also use cards like Brass Squire or Leonin Shikari to alter the speed at which normal equipment may be equipped. Note that Squire attaches the equipment to a creature without activating its equip ability, while Shikari actually changes the speed at which the equip ability works.
i_am_a_snail says... #1
equip only as a sorcery.
July 8, 2011 3:51 p.m.