---
name: "Whispersteel Dagger"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact — Equipment"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Equip"]
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "ZNC-5"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Svetlin Velinov"
oracle_id: "ca59fbf4-c774-49d3-8630-108c053e01fb"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/whispersteel-dagger-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Whispersteel Dagger
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact — Equipment
- **Keywords:** Equip

## Oracle Text
Equipped creature gets +2/+0.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you may cast a creature spell from that player's graveyard this turn, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell.
Equip {3}

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Buster Sword](/printing/buster-sword-fin.md) — Artifact — Equipment
2. [Scythe of the Wretched](/printing/scythe-of-the-wretched-mrd.md) — Artifact — Equipment
3. [Spare Dagger](/printing/spare-dagger-afr.md) — Artifact — Equipment
4. [Specter's Shroud](/printing/specters-shroud-dst.md) — Artifact — Equipment
5. [Sword of Sinew and Steel](/printing/sword-of-sinew-and-steel-prm.md) — Artifact — Equipment
6. [Sword of the Meek](/printing/sword-of-the-meek-2xm.md) — Artifact — Equipment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #ZNC-5
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Svetlin Velinov
- **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`