---
name: "Dancing Sword"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Artifact — Equipment"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Equip"]
set: "AFR"
set_name: "Adventures in the Forgotten Realms"
collector_number: "8"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Wisnu Tan"
oracle_id: "da3b12d1-8867-4063-b50d-3b2f5ce0549f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/dancing-sword-afr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Dancing Sword
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Artifact — Equipment
- **Keywords:** Equip

## Oracle Text
Equipped creature gets +2/+1.
When equipped creature dies, you may have this Equipment become a 2/1 Construct artifact creature with flying and ward {1}. If you do, it isn't an Equipment.
Equip {1}

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Scythe of the Wretched](/printing/scythe-of-the-wretched-mrd.md) — Artifact — Equipment
2. [Sword of the Meek](/printing/sword-of-the-meek-2xm.md) — Artifact — Equipment
3. [Deathrender](/printing/deathrender-sld.md) — Artifact — Equipment
4. [Warrior's Sword](/printing/warriors-sword-fin.md) — Artifact — Equipment
5. [Heirloom Blade](/printing/heirloom-blade-plst.md) — Artifact — Equipment
6. [Dúnedain Blade](/printing/dúnedain-blade-ltr.md) — Artifact — Equipment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR) #8
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Wisnu Tan
- **Total Printings:** 21 across all historical editions

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