---
name: "The Spear of Bashenga"
mana_cost: "{4}{W}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Legendary Artifact — Equipment"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Equip"]
set: "MSC"
set_name: "Marvel Super Heroes Commander"
collector_number: "322"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Michael Machira"
oracle_id: "e7a0b370-913d-4e96-8fb4-5df168405073"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/the-spear-of-bashenga-msc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# The Spear of Bashenga
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{W}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Legendary Artifact — Equipment
- **Keywords:** Equip

## Oracle Text
When The Spear of Bashenga enters, if there is no monarch, you become the monarch.
Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has vigilance.
Whenever equipped creature attacks the monarch, destroy target tapped nonland permanent that player controls.
Equip {2}

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Crown of Gondor](/printing/crown-of-gondor-ltc.md) — Legendary Artifact — Equipment
2. [The Spear of Leonidas](/printing/the-spear-of-leonidas-acr.md) — Legendary Artifact — Equipment
3. [M'Baku, Jabari Chieftain](/printing/mbaku-jabari-chieftain-msc.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Noble Warrior
4. [Staunch Throneguard](/printing/staunch-throneguard-cmr.md) — Artifact Creature — Construct
5. [Palace Sentinels](/printing/palace-sentinels-plst.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
6. [Jared Carthalion, True Heir](/printing/jared-carthalion-true-heir-prm.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Warrior

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Marvel Super Heroes Commander (MSC) #322
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Michael Machira
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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