Svellsongur

Svellsongur is an epic-rarity gear card from Riftbound's Spiritforged expansion. This Gear costs 3 Energy and attaches to a unit to modify its play. Aligned with the Calm domain. It carries the Equipment tag. The card uses the Equip keyword. It appears in roughly 2.1% of tracked tournament decks.

3 Energy | Gear | Calm | epic | Spiritforged

Rules Text

[Equip] 1 Energy Calm Rune (1 Energy Calm Rune: Attach this to a unit you control.) As this is attached to a unit, copy that unit's text to this Equipment's effect text for as long as this is attached to it.

Keywords

Domain: Calm

Meta Statistics

Inclusion Rate: 2.1% | Win Rate: 22.0%

Related FAQ (4)

Does Svellsongur copy text that the unit has gained from other sources, such as the Assault granted by Cleave? What about text it's gained from other Equipment?

No. Svellsongur only copies the text that's actually printed on the unit. Copies take on original traits without regard to subsequent alterations.

Aphelios, Exalted has an ability that triggers when I attach an Equipment to him and tells me to "choose one that hasn't been chosen this turn." If I attach Svellsongur to him, does he have the second copy of his ability in time for both to trigger? And do I have to choose different options?

He does have the second copy of his ability in time, and it will trigger. The restriction applies separately to each instance of his ability, so you could choose the same option for both.

What happens when Akshan, Mischievous steals an equipped Shady Spectacles? Does copying Aphelios trigger him twice?

The previously equipped unit loses its copy effect, and Akshan becomes a copy of a friendly unit of his controller's choice. As of the Vendetta rules update, effects like Shady Spectacles and Svellsongur replace the attach event with attach-then-copy as separate, sequential events. By the time the copy applies, the attach event has already completed, so a copied trigger like Aphelios's can't see it. This supersedes the Spiritforged FAQ answer — attaching Svellsongur to Aphelios no longer triggers him twice.

If I detach and reattach Shady Spectacles to the same unit copying the same card, can I use the copied activated ability again?

Yes. Each instance of a copied ability is a different ability. The game object stays the same, so temporary modifications persist, but the copied rules text is an entirely new instance — the same way Svellsongur's copied ability is refreshed by detaching and reattaching it.

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