---
name: "Sword of Light and Shadow"
mana_cost: "{3}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact — Equipment"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Equip"]
set: "2XM"
set_name: "Double Masters"
collector_number: "366"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Kev Walker"
oracle_id: "01c8a554-45a6-46ca-b40a-af0fd4529e40"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sword-of-light-and-shadow-2xm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Sword of Light and Shadow
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact — Equipment
- **Keywords:** Equip

## Oracle Text
Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from white and from black.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you gain 3 life and you may return up to one target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Equip {2}

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sword of War and Peace](/printing/sword-of-war-and-peace-mps.md) — Artifact — Equipment
2. [Sword of Fire and Ice and War and Peace](/printing/sword-of-fire-and-ice-and-war-and-peace-unk.md) — Artifact — Equipment
3. [Sword of Sinew and Steel](/printing/sword-of-sinew-and-steel-prm.md) — Artifact — Equipment
4. [Sword of Fire and Ice](/printing/sword-of-fire-and-ice-spg.md) — Artifact — Equipment
5. [Sword of Forge and Frontier](/printing/sword-of-forge-and-frontier-one.md) — Artifact — Equipment
6. [Sword of Truth and Justice](/printing/sword-of-truth-and-justice-mh1.md) — Artifact — Equipment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Double Masters (2XM) #366
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Kev Walker
- **Total Printings:** 38 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`