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Augment
Keyword Ability
Type Activated
Introduced Unstable
Last used Unsanctioned
Reminder Text Augment [cost] (cost, Reveal this card from your hand: Combine it with target host. Augment only as a sorcery.)
Storm Scale 8[1]
Statistics
14 cards
{W} 21.4% {U} 7.1% {B} 21.4% {R} 7.1% {G} 28.6% {artifact symbol} 14.3%
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keyword:"Augment"

Augment is a silver-bordered keyword ability featured in Unstable and Unsanctioned. It is closely related to the Host supertype.[2][3][4] The cards with augment have their art one-sided to the right, leaving the right side without margin.

Description[ | ]

The augment ability can only be activated if the card with augment is in your hand. It's the only way to play the cards with augment because they don't have a casting cost. The activation includes revealing the card with augment as part of the cost. When activated, the card is combined with a host creature you control. If there is no legal target when resolving the ability, then the card with augment returns to the player's hand.[5]

Like Meld, Augment was inspired by the unpublished Link-mechanic.

Creature cards with augment have a layout without a border on their right.[2] Instead, a vertical metal bar finishes off the art, much like the one that runs through the middle of the host creatures. Creatures with augment lack a mana cost and use a color indicator.

Rulings[ | ]

  • Augment cards are creature cards with a mana value of 0.[6]
  • An augmented host functions as a singular creature.[7]

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