The Spear of Leonidas

The Spear of Leonidas

Legendary Artifact — Equipment

Mana cost: {2}{R}

How we read this card

Whenever equipped creature attacks, choose one —

triggered —

Bull Rush — It gains double strike until end of turn.

triggered — grants haste

Summon — Create Phobos, a legendary 3/2 red Horse creature token.

triggered — makes a token

Revelation — Discard two cards, then draw two cards.

triggered —

triggered — draws you 2 cards

Equip {2}

Causes: you face a dilemma, double creature , create a Horse creature token, put a Horse creature token onto the battlefield, discard a card, draw a card.

Cares about: a creature attacks.

Works well with

a nontoken Equipment enters the battlefield — 649 cards in the game can cause this (The Spear of Leonidas is one).

  1. Firion, Wild Rose Warrior — When The Spear of Leonidas enters, Firion, Wild Rose Warrior makes a token

an Equipment enters the battlefield — 658 cards in the game can cause this (The Spear of Leonidas is one).

When The Spear of Leonidas enters:

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

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

you face a dilemma — 739 cards in the game can cause this (The Spear of Leonidas is one).

When The Spear of Leonidas poses a dilemma:

  1. Seven of Nine — draws you 1 card
  2. Elim Garak, Simple Tailor — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  3. Obsidian Order Operative — makes each opponent lose 1 life

a card is discarded — 2,042 cards in the game can cause this (The Spear of Leonidas is one).

When The Spear of Leonidas makes a player discard a card:

  1. Ivora, Insatiable Heir — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Cool but Rude — deals 2 damage
  3. Containment Construct — brings a card back
  4. Moonstone, Harsh Mistress — brings a card back
  5. Lazotep Chancellor — puts 2 counters on a Zombie or Army
  6. Magmakin Artillerist — deals that much damage
  7. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — exiles a card from your library
  8. Pitchstone Wall — sacrifices itself
  9. Currency Converter — exiles it
  10. Hostile Investigator — triggers

51 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 — The Spear of Leonidas makes fodder for Industrial Advancement
  2. Divergent Transformations — The Spear of Leonidas makes fodder for Divergent Transformations
  3. Transmogrify — The Spear of Leonidas 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 (The Spear of Leonidas is one).

When a Horse enters thanks to The Spear of Leonidas:

  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 (The Spear of Leonidas is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When The Spear of Leonidas makes a Horse 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 (The Spear of Leonidas is one).

When The Spear of Leonidas 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 (The Spear of Leonidas is one).

When a Horse enters thanks to The Spear of Leonidas:

  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 (The Spear of Leonidas is one).

When The Spear of Leonidas makes a Horse 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 (The Spear of Leonidas is one).

When The Spear of Leonidas 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

a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (The Spear of Leonidas is one).

When The Spear of Leonidas makes a player draw a card:

  1. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — gives +1/+1
  2. Niv-Mizzet, Parun — deals 1 damage
  3. Aether Syphon — mills a card
  4. The Locust God — makes a token

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

an artifact it grants abilities to — 4,531 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Food Fight — Food Fight gives The Spear of Leonidas an extra ability
  2. Darksteel Forge — Darksteel Forge gives The Spear of Leonidas indestructible

4,529 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact it grants types to — 4,531 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Silverskin Armor — Silverskin Armor gives The Spear of Leonidas an extra creature type

4,530 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact it applies untap to — 4,531 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Unwinding Clock — Unwinding Clock gives The Spear of Leonidas an extra untap

4,530 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Skyfire Phoenix — When Skyfire Phoenix attacks, The Spear of Leonidas triggers
  2. Bill Potts — When Bill Potts attacks, The Spear of Leonidas triggers
  3. Weftstalker Ardent — When Weftstalker Ardent attacks, The Spear of Leonidas triggers
  4. Blood Hound — When Blood Hound attacks, The Spear of Leonidas triggers
  5. Agate Instigator — When Agate Instigator attacks, The Spear of Leonidas triggers
  6. Angrath's Marauders — When Angrath's Marauders attacks, The Spear of Leonidas triggers
  7. Thor, Asgard's Avenger — When Thor, Asgard's Avenger attacks, The Spear of Leonidas triggers
  8. Fiendish Duo — When Fiendish Duo attacks, The Spear of Leonidas triggers
  9. Chandra's Spitfire — When Chandra's Spitfire attacks, The Spear of Leonidas triggers
  10. Wildfire Elemental — When Wildfire Elemental attacks, The Spear of Leonidas triggers

17,924 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.