---
name: "Barbed Battlegear"
mana_cost: "{3}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact — Equipment"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Equip"]
set: "SOM"
set_name: "Scars of Mirrodin"
collector_number: "139"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Steve Argyle"
oracle_id: "b81fed36-07c4-4903-b5b4-24e62d2ce239"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/barbed-battlegear-som"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Barbed Battlegear
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact — Equipment
- **Keywords:** Equip

## Oracle Text
Equipped creature gets +4/-1.
Equip {2}

> *"One need only look at the inhabitants of this world to see that they are forged halfway to perfection. All they need is a whisper of the Glorious Word."
—Urabrask the Hidden*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Vulshok Battlegear](/printing/vulshok-battlegear-mrd.md) — Artifact — Equipment
2. [Enormous Energy Blade](/printing/enormous-energy-blade-neo.md) — Artifact — Equipment
3. [Riot Gear](/printing/riot-gear-gtc.md) — Artifact — Equipment
4. [Veteran's Sidearm](/printing/veterans-sidearm-ori.md) — Artifact — Equipment
5. [Barrow-Blade](/printing/barrow-blade-ltr.md) — Artifact — Equipment
6. [Greataxe](/printing/greataxe-afr.md) — Artifact — Equipment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Scars of Mirrodin (SOM) #139
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Steve Argyle
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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