Lightning Greaves

Lightning Greaves first appeared in Mirrodin in October 2003. MRD #199 is an uncommon illustrated by Jeremy Jarvis, available in nonfoil and traditional foil. Its original is a modern-frame card; an early release date does not make it a pre-2003 retro-frame printing.

Useful collector references: F09 #8 is Michael Komarck's foil promo, MPS #14 is Slawomir Maniak's foil Invention, and 2XM #360 is Mark Zug's borderless illustration. Doctor Who #834 is a separate surge foil entry using Kieran Yanner's artwork.

Lightning Greaves costs {2}, equips for {0}, and gives the equipped creature haste and shroud. Haste can let a newly controlled creature attack or use its own tap ability immediately. Shroud prevents any player from targeting that creature with spells or abilities, including you.

That last point affects other Equipment and Auras. An equip ability targets, so you cannot attach another Equipment to a creature while Greaves gives it shroud. You may need to move Greaves onto another creature first; you cannot simply detach it by declaring it unequipped.

A zero equip cost also does not mean unlimited timing: the ordinary equip action is used at sorcery timing. Moving Greaves away removes the haste it granted. Wizards' Commander Masters release notes explicitly explain why you cannot move one pair between two newly controlled creatures and then attack with both on that basis.

MRD #199 fixes the starting point: Jeremy Jarvis' illustration, the Mirrodin set identity and the frame used by that 2003 release. A later printing with the same image is a reprint of the artwork, rather than another copy of the original edition.

The FNM 2009 promo, F09 #8, changes the artist to Michael Komarck and is foil only. Kaladesh Inventions #14 followed in September 2016 with Slawomir Maniak's illustration and the Masterpiece filigree frame. These are different promotional and product identities, not two finishes of MRD #199.

Double Masters in August 2020 is especially useful for a direct comparison: standard #267 retains Jarvis' artwork at uncommon, while borderless box-topper #360 introduces Mark Zug's illustration and is catalogued at rare. That rarity change belongs to the printing and does not give its equipped creature different abilities.

Wizards' later Mirrodin design-file retrospective adds another piece of history: the handed-off design granted vigilance where the finished card grants shroud. That is development history, not an alternate rules mode available on the printed card.

Jarvis links the Mirrodin original to standard reprints such as 2XM #267. If that image is what you want, compare set identity and condition within those releases. Switching to Komarck's FNM promo is an actual illustration change, as well as a move to a foil promotional card.

The Maniak Invention changes both art and frame. Its decorative Kaladesh presentation can be especially appealing beside other artifact Masterpieces such as Sol Ring and Mana Vault. The official Inventions gallery places these cards in that shared visual family.

Zug's borderless 2XM #360 offers a larger artwork-led presentation without the Invention frame. Yanner's Doctor Who version takes another direction through crossover artwork. Compare WHO #243 and #834 when you like that illustration and want to isolate the finish decision rather than changing the artist at the same time.

The Mirrodin original already has a traditional foil option, so an original-era foil collection does not need a later retro treatment as a substitute. Standard 2XM #267 and borderless #360 also offer nonfoil and traditional foil choices.

F09 #8 and MPS #14 are foil-only catalogue entries from different artists and products. A listing that says promo foil needs the actual set and number: the FNM card and the Invention are not interchangeable descriptions of the same edition.

Doctor Who #243 pairs nonfoil and traditional foil; #834 is the surge foil record. Wizards explains the product's foil families in its Doctor Who collecting guide. Use the number and finish together, then inspect photographs if the physical surface is central to the purchase.

The explorer's foil shimmer is a visual preview. It cannot reproduce the physical differences among a Mirrodin foil, a Masterpiece surface and a surge foil, or establish the condition of a particular copy.

For the original: choose MRD #199, selecting nonfoil or traditional foil explicitly. For familiar art in a later set, compare 2XM #267 and other Jarvis reprints.

For a tournament-promo collection: F09 #8 supplies Komarck's illustration in foil. It is worth comparing as an artwork choice, rather than treating its promotional status as a reason every collector must prefer it.

For an artifact display: MPS #14 fits the Kaladesh Invention family. For a borderless deck theme, Mark Zug's 2XM #360 provides another image in nonfoil or traditional foil.

For Doctor Who artwork: compare #243 with surge #834. For a functional deck copy, compare standard releases in similar condition and use current prices; the premium treatments do not change the equip cost or shroud.

Put MRD #199 next to 2XM #360 first: it is a straightforward comparison between the original image and a borderless reinterpretation. Add F09 #8 if promotional art interests you, or MPS #14 if the goal is a matching collection of ornate artifacts.

The live explorer may highlight a ManaScout Pick. Treat it as a visual starting point and compare the exact printing, finish and available price data before deciding.

Sol Ring — Compare another long-lived Commander artifact and the matching Kaladesh Invention family.

Mana Vault — Explore a one-mana artifact with a very different drawback and its own foil Masterpiece.

Arcane Signet — Follow a newer artifact from Brawl decks to borderless, crossover and unusual-frame editions.

Teferi's Protection — Explore another protection card and its different printing history.

Printing details reviewed on 1 November 2026. The shortlist links to individual MTG.wtf catalogue records; official Wizards sources support the rules and product treatments. The live explorer retrieves its records and price fields from Scryfall.

MTG.wtf: Mirrodin printing and catalogue.

Wizards: haste, shroud and Equipment rulings.

Wizards: original design-file history.

Wizards: Kaladesh Inventions gallery.

Wizards: Doctor Who foil treatments.