Sword of Light and Shadow

13 printings · from $3.54 to $112.84 · pictured: Star Trek Commander #358

$3.70

cheapest of 4 store offers · see all

market $5.03

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: Julia Metzger

Released: 2026-11-13

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $5.03
  • MTGO tix: 0.02
$5.03$4.37
5 days of daily prices for Sword of Light and Shadow: $4.62 to $5.03
2026-11-092026-11-13
5 days tracked · $4.62 → $5.03 (+9%) · low $4.37 · high $5.03
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (Star Trek Commander #358) 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
ManaPoolNM · todayNMregular$3.70today
The Games CubeNM · todayNMregular10.03 AUDtoday
Card KingdomNM · todayNMregular$13.99today

Truncated: 1 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 4 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 56 lists
  • Played in 5 decks

Decks that play this card

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All printings

Set#RarityUSD
Star Trek Commander#358 · mythic358mythic$5.03
Star Trek Commander#502 · mythic502mythic$3.54
Arena Anthology 1#14 · mythic14mythic—
Assassin's Creed#100 · mythic100mythic$9.92
Assassin's Creed#262 · mythic262mythic$9.83 etched
Assassin's Creed#125 · mythic125mythic$15.92
Magic Online Promos#82852 · mythic82852mythic—
Double Masters#298 · mythic298mythic$12.92
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