Astor wants a deck that turns its Vehicles into creatures and attacks with them. It also suits a deck that arms its creatures with weapons and armor.
Mana cost
White, Red ()
Power / toughness4 / 4
RarityRare
When Astor enters, look at the top seven cards of your library. You may reveal an Equipment or Vehicle card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Picked for what they do in Astor's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Astor's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Open the full glossary
explain how Astor works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary
Wizards of the Coast9 Sep 2022
Once either the equip {1} or crew 1 ability is activated, causing Astor, Bearer of Blades to leave the battlefield won't stop the ability from resolving.
Wizards of the Coast9 Sep 2022
You may still activate any other equip or crew abilities that permanent has if you wish.
Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryWRPlayers write colors as letters: W for white, R for red.VehiclesVehicle decks use Vehicles, artifacts that become creatures when you tap your own creatures to crew them. A Vehicle is not a creature the rest of the time, so it survives spells that destroy all creatures and then turns into an attacker when you need it.Open the Vehicles pageVehicle PayoffCares about Vehicles, artifacts that become creatures when crewed, without being one itself. It makes them bigger, gives them abilities, or finds them. Depala, Pilot Exemplar, Fearless Swashbuckler, From Father to SonOpen the Vehicle Payoff pageVehicleAn artifact subtype that is not a creature until it is crewed. Crew N is an activated ability: tap any number of untapped creatures you control whose total power is N or more, and the Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn. The crewing creatures are only tapped: they are never sacrificed, they do not attack, and summoning sickness does not stop them from crewing. Smuggler's CopterOpen the Vehicle pageEquipmentEquipment decks attach artifacts called Equipment to their creatures to make them bigger and harder to stop. You pay a cost to equip each one, and it stays on the battlefield when the creature dies, ready to move to the next.Open the Equipment pageEquipment PayoffRewards you for casting or attaching Equipment: drawing cards, attaching for free, or attaching at instant speed. Puresteel Paladin, Sigarda's AidOpen the Equipment Payoff pageETB ValueDoes something useful the moment it arrives: an enter the battlefield ability, which players shorten to ETB. You keep that effect even if the card is removed straight afterwards, which is why these pair so well with flicker cards that make them enter again. Solemn Simulacrum, The One RingOpen the ETB Value pageLibrary ManipulationCards that let you look at, rearrange or play from the top of your deck, so you control what you draw next.Open the Library Manipulation pageCard SelectionImproves what you draw rather than how much: you look at the top few cards of your library and decide what stays on top. Ponder lets you rearrange the top three, Serum Visions lets you scry, and Consider lets you surveil. It makes your draws more reliable without giving you extra cards.Open the Card Selection pageVehiclesVehicles are artifacts that become creatures when you crew them by tapping your own creatures with enough total power.Open the Vehicles page
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