Sword of Light and Shadow

Darksteel · #149 · rare · EN

€4.80 · Foil €15.21

cheapest of 44 store offers · see all

market $11.57 · Foil $25.68

Mana cost: {3}

Type: Artifact — Equipment

Commonly played as: Recursion, Protection, Lifegain

Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from white and from black.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you gain 3 life and you may return up to one target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Equip {2}

Artist: Mark Zug

Released: 2004-02-06

Finishes: Nonfoil, Foil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $11.57
  • TCGplayer foil: $25.68
  • Cardmarket: €5.12
  • Cardmarket foil: €15.69
  • MTGO tix: 0.02
$27.00$7.80
236 days of daily prices for Sword of Light and Shadow: $8.54 to $11.57
2026-01-252026-11-12
regular foil · 236 days tracked · $8.54 → $11.57 (+35%) · low $7.80 · high $27.00
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (Darksteel #149) in 7 other languages.

Store prices

The 3 cheapest per condition and finish, in stock at the last check. Offers not re-confirmed within 60 days are not shown. Prices in different currencies are compared at the current exchange rate.

StoreConditionFinishPriceChecked
CardTraderHP · yesterdayHPregular€4.80yesterday
CardTraderSP · yesterdaySPregular€5.11yesterday
CardmarketNM · todayNMregular€5.33today
CardTraderMP · yesterdayMPregular€5.94yesterday
CardTraderNM · yesterdayNMregular€6.14yesterday
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$6.99today
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$7.14today
HFX GamesMP · 5 days agoMPregularCA$11.555 days ago
ManaPoolHP · todayHPregular$8.36today
The Mystic StoreSP · 7 days agoSPregularCA$12.997 days ago
TopDeck HeroHP · 4 days agoHPregularCA$13.994 days ago
ManaPoolNM · todayNMregular$10.05today
CardTraderMP · foil · yesterdayMPfoil€15.21yesterday
CardmarketNM · foil · todayNMfoil€15.69today
CardTraderHP · foil · yesterdayHPfoil€18.27yesterday
MTG MexicoMP · foil · 3 days agoMPfoil470.00 MXN3 days ago
CardTraderSP · foil · yesterdaySPfoil€23.61yesterday
Face To Face GamesSP · foil · todaySPfoilCA$37.49today
ManaPoolSP · foil · todaySPfoil$29.19today
ManaPoolNM · foil · todayNMfoil$29.40today
ManaPoolHP · foil · todayHPfoil$35.02today
Face To Face GamesNM · foil · todayNMfoilCA$49.99today

Truncated: 22 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 44 in total.

Format legality

  • standard: not legal
  • pioneer: not legal
  • modern: legal
  • legacy: legal
  • vintage: legal
  • commander: legal
  • pauper: not legal
  • brawl: legal

In Gestic collections

  • Held in 7 lists
  • 7 copies tracked

Decks that play this card

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All printings of Sword of Light and Shadow

USD · low $3.47 · high $112.84

Set#RarityUSD
Star Trek Commander#358 · mythic358mythic$4.59
Star Trek Commander#502 · mythic502mythic$3.47
Arena Anthology 1#14 · mythic14mythic—
Assassin's Creed#100 · mythic100mythic$10.08
Assassin's Creed#125 · mythic125mythic$15.92
Assassin's Creed#262 · mythic262mythic$9.83 etched
Magic Online Promos#82852 · mythic82852mythic—
Double Masters#298 · mythic298mythic$12.99
Double Masters#366 · mythic366mythic$27.11
Kaladesh Inventions#30 · special30special$112.84 foil
Modern Masters#217 · mythic217mythic$13.37
Judge Gift Cards 2012#7 · rare7rare$29.16 foil
Darksteel#149 · rare149rare$11.57