---
name: "Armed Response"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "5DN"
set_name: "Fifth Dawn"
collector_number: "2"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Doug Chaffee"
oracle_id: "0258a606-1625-402e-b0c4-ffca06779b5e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/armed-response-5dn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Armed Response
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Armed Response deals damage to target attacking creature equal to the number of Equipment you control.

> *Raksha watched as the goblins continued to pour onto the Razor Fields. "They just don't know when to stop, do they?"*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Judgment Bolt](/printing/judgment-bolt-fin.md) — Instant
2. [Slash of Light](/printing/slash-of-light-fin.md) — Instant
3. [Misthios's Fury](/printing/misthioss-fury-acr.md) — Instant
4. [Armament Master](/printing/armament-master-zen.md) — Creature — Kor Soldier
5. [Militant Inquisitor](/printing/militant-inquisitor-soi.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
6. [Weapons Trainer](/printing/weapons-trainer-plst.md) — Creature — Human Soldier Ally

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Fifth Dawn (5DN) #2
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Doug Chaffee
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`