Armguard Familiar
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SetNEO
Collector #46
Released2022-02-18
Raritycommon
ArtistJoshua Raphael
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Armguard Familiar

CommonColour IDMV 2
Artifact Creature — Equipment Beast
Ward (Whenever this permanent becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays .)
Equipped creature gets +2/+1 and has ward .
Reconfigure (: Attach to target creature you control; or unattach from a creature. Reconfigure only as a sorcery. While attached, this isn't a creature.)
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Keywords
WardReconfigure
Card capabilities
ArtifactCreatureProtection
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
This is the only English printing.
Rulings (11)
wotc18 Feb 2022
An Equipment creature with reconfigure can be attached to creatures by effects other than its reconfigure ability, such as the activated ability of Brass Squire.
wotc18 Feb 2022
If a player casts a spell that targets multiple permanents their opponent controls with ward, each of those ward abilities will trigger. If that player doesn't pay for all of them, the spell will be countered.
wotc18 Feb 2022
If an Equipment with reconfigure somehow loses its abilities while it is attached, the effect causing it to not be a creature continues to apply until it becomes unattached.
wotc18 Feb 2022
Attaching an Equipment with reconfigure to a creature causes that Equipment to stop being a creature until it becomes unattached. It also loses any creature subtypes it had.
wotc18 Feb 2022
An Equipment doesn't become tapped when the permanent it's attached to becomes tapped. For example, if you attack with a creature that is equipped with Acquisition Octopus, then use reconfigure to unattach Acquisition Octopus after combat, the Octopus will be untapped and could be used to block during your opponent's turn.
wotc18 Feb 2022
Reconfigure represents two activated abilities. Reconfigure [cost] means “[Cost]: Attach this permanent to another target creature you control. Activate only as a sorcery,” and “[Cost]: Unattach this permanent. Activate only if this permanent is attached to a creature and only as a sorcery.”