Sword of Truth and Justice

Rules for this card

• Equip Rule 702.6 Glossary

  A keyword ability that lets a player attach an Equipment to a creature they control. See rule 301, “Artifacts,” and rule 702.6, “Equip.”

• Proliferate Rule 701.34 Glossary

  To give an additional counter to any number of players and/or permanents of each kind they already have. See rule 701.34, “Proliferate.”

Rulings (8)

• June 14, 2019 · Wizards of the Coast
  Protection from a color means that the equipped creature can't be blocked by creatures of that color, can't be the target of spells of that color or abilities from sources of that color, can't be enchanted or equipped by Auras or Equipment of that color, and all damage that sources of that color would deal to it is prevented. Nothing other than these events is prevented or illegal.
• June 14, 2019 · Wizards of the Coast
  If a permanent or player you choose while proliferating has more than one kind of counter on it, it will get one more of each of those kinds. This means that if you put a +1/+1 counter on a creature you control with a -1/-1 counter on it, then choose that creature while proliferating, you'll put another of each of those counters on it before state-based actions remove them.
• February 4, 2023 · Wizards of the Coast
  If a player or permanent has more than one kind of counter on it, and you choose for it to get additional counters, it must get one of each kind of counter it already has. You can't have it get just one kind of counter it already has and not the others.
• February 4, 2023 · Wizards of the Coast
  An ability that triggers "Whenever you proliferate" triggers even if you chose no permanents or players while doing so.
• February 4, 2023 · Wizards of the Coast
  To proliferate, you can choose any permanent that has a counter, including ones controlled by opponents. You can choose any player who has a counter, including opponents. You can't choose cards in any zone other than the battlefield, even if they have counters on them.
• February 4, 2023 · Wizards of the Coast
  Players can respond to a spell or ability whose effect includes proliferating. Once that spell or ability starts to resolve, however, and its controller chooses which permanents and players will get new counters, it's too late for anyone to respond.
• February 4, 2023 · Wizards of the Coast
  If a permanent ever has both +1/+1 counters and -1/-1 counters on it at the same time, they're removed in pairs as a state-based action so that the permanent has only one of those kinds of counters on it.
• February 4, 2023 · Wizards of the Coast
  You don't have to choose every permanent or player that has a counter, only the ones you want to add another counter to. Since "any number" includes zero, you don't have to choose any permanents at all, and you don't have to choose any players at all.

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