Magebane Armor

Artifact — Equipment

Equipped creature gets +2/+4 and loses flying.

Prevent all noncombat damage that would be dealt to equipped creature.

Equip {2} ( {2} : Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Equip

Commander bracket

1 +

Fits any bracket

No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

Salt Score 0.42

How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.

Luminous Broodmoth+Magebane Armor+Puresteel Paladin+Blasting Station

Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite damageInfinite death triggers

Luminous Broodmoth+Magebane Armor+Puresteel Paladin+Altar of Dementia

Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite mill

Standard Not legal

Pioneer Not legal

Modern Legal

Legacy Legal

Vintage Legal

Pauper Not legal

Commander Legal

Oathbreaker Legal

Duel Commander Legal

Brawl Not legal

Standard Brawl Not legal

Historic Not legal

Timeless Not legal

Alchemy Not legal

Penny Legal

Premodern Not legal

PreDH Legal

Pauper EDH Not legal

Old School Not legal

Future Not legal

Gladiator Not legal

2009-10-01
Combat damage is the damage that’s dealt automatically by attacking and blocking creatures, even if it’s redirected (by Harm’s Way, perhaps). Noncombat damage is any other damage (generally, it’s damage dealt as the result of a spell or ability).
2009-10-01
Magebane Armor can equip a creature that doesn’t have flying. The “lose flying” effect just won’t do anything in that case.
2009-10-01
Magebane Armor causes the equipped creature to lose flying at the time it became equipped. Any ability that grants that creature flying that starts to work later (such as a Jump that resolves later, or a Levitation that comes under your control later) will work normally.