MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #236

Short Sword

m21·#236·common·foil

Illus. John Severin Brassell

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wishlisted

Jul '20

6 yr ago

Value

$0.17+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.18 · low $0.16

NM$0.17

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.16–$0.18modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.17low $0.03range 466.7%n 49

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #16,185 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.17

Nonfoil$0.18

Gameplay

Artifact — Equipment

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*

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.17. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.17 across 49 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from M21 — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #236 of *Core Set 2021*, the set that shipped alongside the July 2020 Core Set 2021 release.

Card type: Artifact — Equipment, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {1} (1 converted). Keyword abilities: Equip.

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #16,185 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by John Severin Brassell. Rarix catalogs 152 other cards credited to this artist.