---
name: "Sword of Once and Future"
mana_cost: "{3}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact — Equipment"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Surveil", "Equip"]
set: "MOM"
set_name: "March of the Machine"
collector_number: "375"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Joshua Cairos"
oracle_id: "1e0cf860-6be6-4b4b-9a67-0c19b6018ae1"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sword-of-once-and-future-mom"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Sword of Once and Future
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact — Equipment
- **Keywords:** Surveil, Equip

## Oracle Text
Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from blue and from black.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, surveil 2. Then you may cast an instant or sorcery spell with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.
Equip {2}

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sword of Forge and Frontier](/printing/sword-of-forge-and-frontier-one.md) — Artifact — Equipment
2. [Sword of Light and Shadow](/printing/sword-of-light-and-shadow-acr.md) — Artifact — Equipment
3. [Sword of Sinew and Steel](/printing/sword-of-sinew-and-steel-prm.md) — Artifact — Equipment
4. [Sword of Wealth and Power](/printing/sword-of-wealth-and-power-big.md) — Artifact — Equipment
5. [Sword of Body and Mind](/printing/sword-of-body-and-mind-som.md) — Artifact — Equipment
6. [Sword of Truth and Justice](/printing/sword-of-truth-and-justice-mh1.md) — Artifact — Equipment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** March of the Machine (MOM) #375
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Joshua Cairos
- **Total Printings:** 15 across all historical editions

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