---
name: "Spellbinder"
mana_cost: "{3}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact — Equipment"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Equip", "Imprint"]
set: "DST"
set_name: "Darksteel"
collector_number: "143"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Ron Spencer"
oracle_id: "da50989e-4fd4-4353-afd5-9c1354330ec2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/spellbinder-dst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Spellbinder
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact — Equipment
- **Keywords:** Equip, Imprint

## Oracle Text
Imprint — When this Equipment enters, you may exile an instant card from your hand.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you may copy the exiled card. If you do, you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.
Equip {4}

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Spellweaver Helix](/printing/spellweaver-helix-mrd.md) — Artifact
2. [Isochron Scepter](/printing/isochron-scepter-2xm.md) — Artifact
3. [Semblance Anvil](/printing/semblance-anvil-som.md) — Artifact
4. [Masterwork of Ingenuity](/printing/masterwork-of-ingenuity-c14.md) — Artifact — Equipment
5. [River Song's Diary](/printing/river-songs-diary-who.md) — Artifact — Book
6. [Panoptic Mirror](/printing/panoptic-mirror-dst.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Darksteel (DST) #143
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Ron Spencer
- **Total Printings:** 8 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`