Ragged Short Spear

Ragged Short Spear

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{1}{R} · Artifact — Equipment
Common · The Hobbit · Art by Miklós Ligeti
When this Equipment enters, you may discard a card. If you do, draw two cards. Equipped creature gets +2/+0. Equip {3} ({3}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Predicted power
Standard 0 Eng.FUsr.

Not legal in this format after release.

Band illegalConfidence 100%
Pioneer 0 Eng.FUsr.

Not legal in this format after release.

Band illegalConfidence 100%
Modern 34 Eng.D-Usr.

A card-neutral discard outlet can merit testing in graveyard shells, but two mana at sorcery speed is a major cost and the Equip mode is low impact.

Best home Instant ReanimatorBand fringeConfidence 57%

Could be wrong if Artifact or graveyard synergies may make the retained permanent more valuable than its baseline filtering suggests.

Legacy 25 Eng.FUsr.

It can discard a payoff while digging two cards, but Legacy's speed makes a two-mana sorcery-speed enabler with a costly equip unlikely to stick.

Best home Five-Color ReanimatorBand speculativeConfidence 60%

Could be wrong if A dedicated artifact-based graveyard shell could value its persistent body enough to overcome the tempo loss.

Pauper 40 Eng.D+Usr.

Madness Burn can use the discard and Grixis Affinity can count the artifact, but paying two mana for card-neutral selection is a real tempo concession.

Best home Madness BurnBand fringeConfidence 58%

Could be wrong if The revealed artifact and graveyard density may prove sufficient for it to become a recurring synergy piece.

Commander 41 Eng.D+Usr.

A cheap discard-and-draw-two effect with an artifact body is useful in matching singleton decks, though Equip 3 and only +2 power keep it replaceable.

Best home Red artifact-graveyard decksBand fringeConfidence 55%

Could be wrong if Commander-specific artifact recursion or Equipment payoffs not provided could substantially improve its inclusion rate.

Limited 58 Eng.C+Usr.

It smooths draws while leaving behind a movable +2/+0 bonus; Equip 3 is slow, but the filtering and artifact synergies make it a normal playable.

Best home Red creature decksBand solidConfidence 36%

Could be wrong if Unknown format speed, removal, and Equipment payoffs could move it between filler and premium synergy card.

Rummaging equipment

“A card-neutral discard-and-draw package with a weak but usable Equipment body, mainly limited by its two-mana, sorcery-speed setup.”

AI prediction made before release — not a measured result. Real performance data replaces this once the set is legal and tournament results come in.

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