---
name: "Astor, Bearer of Blades"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Warrior"
colors: ["R", "W"]
color_identity: ["R", "W"]
keywords: []
set: "DMU"
set_name: "Dominaria United"
collector_number: "293"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Ivan Shavrin"
oracle_id: "196962f0-6aff-4198-9e0c-eaf42aeaf147"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/astor-bearer-of-blades-dmu"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Astor, Bearer of Blades
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Warrior
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/4

## Oracle Text
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.
Equipment you control have equip {1}.
Vehicles you control have crew 1.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Steelshaper Apprentice](/printing/steelshaper-apprentice-dst.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
2. [Deadeye Quartermaster](/printing/deadeye-quartermaster-xln.md) — Creature — Human Pirate
3. [Open the Armory](/printing/open-the-armory-soi.md) — Sorcery
4. [Stoneforge Mystic](/printing/stoneforge-mystic-spg.md) — Creature — Kor Artificer
5. [Gilgamesh, Master-at-Arms](/printing/gilgamesh-master-at-arms-fin.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Samurai
6. [Steelshaper's Gift](/printing/steelshapers-gift-cmm.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Dominaria United (DMU) #293
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Ivan Shavrin
- **Total Printings:** 23 across all historical editions

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