Mirran swords

Sword of Body and Mind, by Chris Rahn.

The Mirran swords are a mega-mega cycle of mythic rare cards featuring equipment artifacts.

Description

Each sword provides +2/+2, protection from two colors, has a triggered ability that triggers when the sword's equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, and equips for 2 mana. The sword's triggered ability will offer two effects that come from the same two colors that the sword gives its equipped creature protection against. The allied-protection swords are granted abilities that are more synergistic, though weaker on rate.

History

At first, the swords were released across sets that featured Mirrodin and New Phyrexia and offered protection from enemy colors. Swords featuring allied colors started being released with Modern Horizons, with three being in supplementary sets and the fourth being from Phyrexia: All Will Be One.

Some swords have been reprinted in the Masters series, in Masterpiece Series, and even as judge promotional cards. While many different versions of art have been created for various swords, Chris Rahn has created artwork for the first eight swords in the series, and was the original artist for six of them.

Name	Colors	First effect	Second effect	First printed
Sword of Truth and Justice		Truth: Similar to Contentious Plan ()	Justice: Similar to Homestead Courage ()	Modern Horizons
Sword of Sinew and Steel		Sinew: Similar to Hero's Downfall ()	Steel: Smelt ()	Modern Horizons
Sword of Forge and Frontier		Forge: Rob the Archives ()	Frontier: Simiar to Explore ()	Phyrexia: All Will Be One
Sword of Hearth and Home		Hearth: Cloudshift ()	Home: Rampant Growth ()	Modern Horizons 2
Sword of Light and Shadow		Light: Similar to Healing Salve ()	Shadow: Disentomb ()	Darksteel
Sword of Feast and Famine		Feast: Similar to Early Harvest ()	Famine: Raven's Crime ()	Mirrodin Besieged
Sword of Body and Mind		Body: Similar to Predator's Howl ()	Mind: Similar to Tome Scour ()	Scars of Mirrodin
Sword of Fire and Ice		Fire: Shock ()	Ice: Obsessive Search ()	Darksteel
Sword of War and Peace		War: Similar to Sudden Impact ()	Peace: Similar to Scent of Jasmine ()	New Phyrexia

Trivia

• The Sword of Dungeons & Dragons was first featured as a Hasbro promotional card, but then printed in Unstable. Like the Mirran swords, it gives +2/+2, gives protection from two creature types (instead of colors), has a triggered effect on combat damage to a player, and has an equip cost of 2. It was even illustrated by Chris Rahn.