Hook Swords

Hook Swords

Artifact — Equipment

Mana cost: {2}{R/W}

How we read this card

When this Equipment enters, create a 1/1 white Ally creature token, then attach this Equipment to it.

triggered — makes a token

triggered —

During your turn, equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has first strike.

static — gives +1/+1

static — grants a keyword

Equip {3}

Causes: create an Ally creature token, put an Ally creature token onto the battlefield, an Equipment becomes attached.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

an Ally enters the battlefield — 285 cards in the game can cause this (Hook Swords is one).

When an Ally enters thanks to Hook Swords:

  1. Turntimber Ranger — makes a token
  2. Grovetender Druids — makes a token
  3. Halimar Excavator — mills a card
  4. Kalastria Healer — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. South Pole Voyager — gains you 1 life
  6. Ondu Cleric — gains you life
  7. Tuktuk Grunts — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Sokka and Suki — triggers
  9. Tuktuk Scrapper — kills an artifact an opponent controls
  10. Bala Ged Thief — triggers

35 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken Equipment enters the battlefield — 649 cards in the game can cause this (Hook Swords is one).

  1. Firion, Wild Rose Warrior — When Hook Swords enters, Firion, Wild Rose Warrior makes a token

an Equipment enters the battlefield — 658 cards in the game can cause this (Hook Swords is one).

When Hook Swords enters:

  1. Puresteel Paladin — draws you 1 card
  2. Barret, Avalanche Leader — makes a token
  3. The Mighty Thor, Jane Foster — draws you 1 card
  4. Giott, King of the Dwarves — draws and discards
  5. Hammer of Nazahn — triggers
  6. Sigarda's Aid — triggers

7 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

provide a creature to sacrifice — 2,720 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Industrial Advancement — Hook Swords makes fodder for Industrial Advancement
  2. Divergent Transformations — Hook Swords makes fodder for Divergent Transformations
  3. Transmogrify — Hook Swords makes fodder for Transmogrify

2,717 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature token enters the battlefield — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Hook Swords is one).

When an Ally enters thanks to Hook Swords:

  1. Securitron Squadron — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Anointer Priest — gains you 1 life
  3. Nesting Dovehawk — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a creature token is created — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Hook Swords is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When Hook Swords makes an Ally token, Staff of the Storyteller puts a story counter on itself

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact is cast — 3,683 cards in the game can cause this (Hook Swords is one).

When Hook Swords is cast:

  1. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — copies a spell
  2. Sai, Master Thopterist — makes a token
  3. Ravenous Robots — makes a token
  4. Pinnacle Emissary — makes a token
  5. Mirrodin Besieged — makes a token
  6. Poetic Ingenuity — makes a token
  7. Digsite Engineer — makes a token
  8. Myrsmith — makes a token
  9. Riddlesmith — draws you 1 card
  10. Dr. Madison Li — puts a counter on a permanent you control

271 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a token enters the battlefield — 3,710 cards in the game can cause this (Hook Swords is one).

When an Ally enters thanks to Hook Swords:

  1. Baron Bertram Graywater — makes a token
  2. Marneus Calgar — draws you 1 card
  3. Belladonna Took — gains you 1 life
  4. Kambal, Profiteering Mayor — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. Lucy MacLean, Positively Armed — makes a token
  6. Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards — draws you 1 card
  7. Cloakwood Swarmkeeper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Woodland Champion — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  9. Leonardo, the Balance — puts a counter on a creature
  10. Spiritcall Enthusiast // Scrollboost — becomes prepared

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a token is created — 3,711 cards in the game can cause this (Hook Swords is one).

When Hook Swords makes an Ally token:

  1. Akim, the Soaring Wind — makes a token
  2. Idol of Oblivion — draws you 1 card
  3. Rosie Cotton of South Lane — puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Mirkwood Bats — makes each opponent lose 1 life

17 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken artifact enters the battlefield — 3,768 cards in the game can cause this (Hook Swords is one).

When Hook Swords enters:

  1. Ultron, Artificial Malevolence — makes a token
  2. The Prydwen, Steel Flagship — makes a token
  3. Conquest Mission — puts a quest counter on itself
  4. Surge Conductor — proliferates
  5. Replication Specialist — makes a token
  6. Weapons Manufacturing — makes a token
  7. Mirrorworks — makes a token

an artifact enters the battlefield — 4,643 cards in the game can cause this (Hook Swords is one).

When Hook Swords enters:

  1. Transplant Theorist — draws you 1 card
  2. Elvish Archivist — puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  3. Golbez, Crystal Collector — surveils
  4. Sludge Strider — makes a player lose 1 life
  5. Underhanded Designs — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Mechan Assembler — makes a token
  7. Glassdust Hulk — gets +1/+1
  8. Rook Turret — draws you 1 card

59 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.