---
name: "Artifact Possession"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "ATQ"
set_name: "Antiquities"
collector_number: "15"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Christopher Rush"
oracle_id: "5c641df8-97d7-484b-8d0e-790279fd6177"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/artifact-possession-atq"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Artifact Possession
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant artifact
Whenever enchanted artifact becomes tapped or a player activates an ability of enchanted artifact without {T} in its activation cost, this Aura deals 2 damage to that artifact's controller.

> *Any black mage could coax a Thraxodemon to inhabit a magical device.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Curse Artifact](/printing/curse-artifact-drk.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Warp Artifact](/printing/warp-artifact-me4.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Haunting Wind](/printing/haunting-wind-atq.md) — Enchantment
4. [Steal Artifact](/printing/steal-artifact-7ed.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Relic Bind](/printing/relic-bind-4ed.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Relic Putrescence](/printing/relic-putrescence-som.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Antiquities (ATQ) #15
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Christopher Rush

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