---
name: "Plate Armor"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact — Equipment"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Equip"]
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "AFR-32"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Martina Pilcerova"
oracle_id: "36082b5e-760b-4245-af59-00d308470d1a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/plate-armor-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Plate Armor
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact — Equipment
- **Keywords:** Equip

## Oracle Text
Equipped creature gets +3/+3 and has ward {1}. (Whenever equipped creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {1}.)
Equip {3}. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each other Equipment you control. ({3}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [A-Plate Armor](/printing/a-plate-armor-afr.md) — Artifact — Equipment
2. [Leather Armor](/printing/leather-armor-plst.md) — Artifact — Equipment
3. [Armguard Familiar](/printing/armguard-familiar-neo.md) — Artifact Creature — Equipment Beast
4. [Thran Power Suit](/printing/thran-power-suit-bro.md) — Artifact — Equipment
5. [Armored Armadillo](/printing/armored-armadillo-otj.md) — Creature — Armadillo
6. [Paladin's Arms](/printing/paladins-arms-fin.md) — Artifact — Equipment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #AFR-32
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Martina Pilcerova
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

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