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Skill Borrower

{2}{U}

Artifact Creature — Human Wizard

Shards of Alara·ala #56·Rare·2008·Art by Shelly Wan
StandardNot Legal
ModernLegal
CommanderLegal
LegacyLegal
PioneerNot Legal
VintageLegal

Oracle Text

Play with the top card of your library revealed.

As long as the top card of your library is an artifact or creature card, this creature has all activated abilities of that card. (If any of the abilities use that card's name, use this creature's name instead.)

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Print Details

Set
Shards of Alara (ALA)
Number
#56
Rarity
Rare
Artist
Shelly Wan
Frame
2003
Border
Black
Language
EN
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
USD
$0.34
USD Foil
$2.43
EUR
0.24
EUR Foil
1.48
MTGO Tix
0.02

Indicative figures.

Card Knowledge

Legalities

StandardNot Legal
PioneerNot Legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal

Rulings5

10/1/2008·wotc

The only difference between a colored artifact and a colorless artifact is, obviously, its color. Unlike most artifacts, a colored artifact requires colored mana to cast. Also unlike most artifacts, a colored artifact has a color in all zones. It will interact with cards that care about color. Other than that, a colored artifact behaves just like any other artifact. It will interact as normal with any card that cares about artifacts, such as Shatter or Arcbound Ravager.

10/1/2008·wotc

Skill Borrower may gain activated abilities that it can’t use. For example, if the top card of your library is an artifact or creature card with cycling, Skill Borrower will have cycling. However, since cycling can’t be activated from the battlefield, this won’t have any significant benefit. The same is true for unearth.

10/1/2008·wotc

Activated abilities contain a colon. They’re generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keywords are activated abilities; they have colons in their reminder text.

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