Buster Sword
- Mana cost
- {3}
- Type
- Artifact — Equipment
- Set
- Final Fantasy Promos #255s (mythic)
Equipped creature gets +3/+2.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card, then you may cast a spell from your hand with mana value less than or equal to that damage without paying its mana cost.
Equip {2}
Buster Sword has 3 printings, first in Final Fantasy (2025). EDHREC ranks it #832 among Commander cards. It appears most in Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER decks (22,080 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Buster Sword most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER: 22,080 decks
- Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima: 9,218 decks
- Lightning, Army of One: 7,925 decks
- Cloud, Midgar Mercenary: 6,982 decks
- Captain America, First Avenger: 4,792 decks
- Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer: 4,094 decks
- Noctis, Heir Apparent: 3,296 decks
- Fire Lord Azula: 3,295 decks
Often played with Buster Sword
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If you cast a spell "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast the spell.
- : If a spell you cast has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
- : You choose whether to cast a spell from among the cards in your hand as Buster Sword's middle ability resolves. You can't wait to cast one later in the turn. Timing restrictions based on the card's types are ignored.