Equip — Riftbound Keyword

Rule 744 — 21 rules

Definition

Equip is an Activated Ability keyword. Equip is functionally short for “[Cost]: Attach this gear to a unit you control.”

Rules (21)

744.: Equip
744.1.: Equip is an Activated Ability keyword.
744.1.a.: Equip is normally present on Gear with the tag Equipment.
744.1.b.: Equip has a cost to activate and Attaches the card with Equip to a chosen Unit when the cost is paid.
744.1.b.1.: Equip’s choice is a Target.
744.1.b.2.: The chosen Unit will become the Top-Most Card for the Attach action.
744.1.c.: Equip is formatted as “Equip [Cost]”
744.1.c.1.: If paying costs or making choices for this ability causes triggered abilities to trigger, they will be placed on the chain above this ability in a Pending state. See rule 369 Activated Abilities for more information.
744.1.c.2.: Equip is functionally short for “[Cost]: Attach this gear to a unit you control.”
744.1.c.3.: Equip costs may include both resource costs and non-resource costs.
744.1.c.4.: Equip abilities may also include text that alters the Equip cost. Such text is taken into account when determining a card’s Equip cost for any reason.
744.1.c.5.: Equip abilities may include text that alters the timing or targeting of the Equip ability.
744.2.: When the Attach action completes from this keyword, the Unit that was chosen is considered to have been Equipped by the Gear with this ability.
744.2.a.: This is an event other Game Effects and Triggered Abilities can reference.
744.3.: Equipped is the state of a Top-Most Card being Attached by one or more cards that are Equipment.
744.3.a.: The state of being Equipped is synchronous with that of the Attached state of the Equipment.
744.3.b.: A Top-Most Card is Equipped as long as one or more of its Attached cards are Equipment.
744.3.c.: The state of being Equipped corresponds to a Top-Most card having a card with Equip that is Attached to it.
744.4.: Multiple instances of Equip are equivalent to multiple Activated Abilities and can each be activated separately by paying the corresponding costs.
744.5.: Equip, and whether or not a Gear has Equip, is a characteristic of the Gear and may be checked or referenced by other Game Effects.
744.5.: Whether or not a Gear has Equip may be referenced even if the Rules Text of the Gear is Inactive. See rule 716 Attachment for more information.