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Lightning Greaves card art (msc-202), Magic: The Gathering MSC

Illustrated by Darius Zablockis

Marvel Super Heroes Commander

Lightning Greaves

MSC #202 · Jun 26, 2026

Type
Artifact — Equipment
Mana cost
2
Mana value
2
Rarity
uncommon

Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Equip 0

"They can't hit what they can't see." —Invisible Woman, Sue Storm

Lightning Greaves is an uncommon Artifact (Equipment) from Marvel Super Heroes Commander (MSC #202).

TCGplayer price snapshot: $4.72

Price as of 2026-11-03. Treat this as a dated price snapshot, not as a live or settled market price.

Format legality

Standard
Not Legal
Pioneer
Not Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Not Legal
Brawl
Legal

Card notes: Lightning Greaves

Lightning Greaves is a {2} Equipment that gives the equipped creature haste and shroud, so it can't be targeted by spells or abilities; its equip cost is {0}. The ruling says you can't simply unequip Equipment from a creature, and if a creature enters under your control, gains haste, then loses it before attacking, it won't be able to attack that turn. Scryfall lists it legal in Commander and Modern and records 57 printings. EDHREC lists it in 2,578,191 of 10,490,972 decks it could fit.

  • Lightning Greaves is an Artifact — Equipment. Source
  • Its mana cost is {2}. Source
  • Its rules text begins: "Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)" Source
  • Next line of rules text: "Equip {0}" Source
  • Scryfall lists it as legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Brawl, Oathbreaker, Historic, Timeless. Source
  • Ruling dated 2020-08-07: You can't simply unequip Equipment from a creature. Source
  • Ruling dated 2020-08-07: If a creature enters the battlefield under your control and gains haste, but then loses it before attacking, it won't be able to attack that turn. Source
  • Scryfall lists 57 printings of this card. Source
  • EDHREC lists this card in 2,578,191 of 10,490,972 decks it could fit. Source
  • On EDHREC, Kaalia of the Vast is one of its top commanders (30,875 of 40,882 decks). Source
  • On EDHREC, Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls is one of its top commanders (22,841 of 29,368 decks). Source
  • On EDHREC, Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER is one of its top commanders (22,248 of 33,653 decks). Source
  • EDHREC's Top Cards list for Lightning Greaves includes Swords to Plowshares. Source
  • EDHREC's Top Cards list for Lightning Greaves includes Path to Exile. Source
  • EDHREC's Top Cards list for Lightning Greaves includes Counterspell. Source

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