lord of the ring mtg card Thoughts On New LOTR Cards? : r/mtg Magic: The Gathering Trading Card

Sword of Light and Shadow is admittedly one of the weaker cards in the cycle, though the two colors it protects the equipped creature from are the two most common colors used in most popular removal spells

The front side had a sun symbol before the card title and a subtle indicator on top of the power/toughness box, while the backside had a frame somewhat similar to the timeshifted ones, with a moon symbol before its card title and a color indicator before its card type

While it's a bit of a gamble, upticking it is worth it to get you to its -9 ability, which permanently prevents your opponents from casting noncreature spells

Typical case, its still two or three creatures back and four to six tokens, which is plenty