Plate Armor
- Mana cost
- {2}{W}
- Type
- Artifact — Equipment
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart #100 (uncommon)
- Price
- $0.31 USD
Equipped creature gets +3/+3 and has ward {1}. (Whenever equipped creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {1}.)
Equip {3}. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each other Equipment you control. ({3}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Plate Armor has 3 printings, first in Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (2021). EDHREC ranks it #8,759 among Commander cards. It appears most in Bruenor Battlehammer decks (1,329 on EDHREC). It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Plate Armor most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Bruenor Battlehammer: 1,329 decks
- Kemba, Kha Regent: 687 decks
- Wyleth, Soul of Steel: 292 decks
- Ayesha Tanaka, Armorer: 246 decks
- Akiri, Fearless Voyager: 204 decks
- Catti-brie of Mithral Hall: 180 decks
- Koll, the Forgemaster: 178 decks
- Jor Kadeen, First Goldwarden: 139 decks
Often played with Plate Armor
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If a player casts a spell that targets multiple permanents their opponent controls with ward, each of those ward abilities will trigger. If that player doesn't pay for all of them, the spell will be countered.
- : If a creature with ward is equipped with Plate Armor, becoming the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls will cause both ward abilities to trigger.