First printed in Scars of Mirrodin (2010)
Artifact — Equipment
Equipped creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
Equipped creature has "
: This creature deals 2 damage to any target."
Equip 
- Illustrated by
- David Rapoza
- Watermark
- Mirran
Legality
- Legal in
- Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Penny Dreadful, Commander, Duel Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (2)
- The equipped creature is the source of both the damage ability and the resultant damage, not Heavy Arbalest. For example, if Heavy Arbalest equips a green creature, the ability can target a creature with protection from artifacts but not one with protection from green.
- The creature that doesn't untap during its controller's untap step is the one that Heavy Arbalest is equipped to as that untap step begins. If a creature was tapped to activate the ability granted to it by the Arbalest, but the Arbalest is no longer equipping it, it will untap as normal.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.003 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 30 Oct 2026).
Combos
32 combos, the most popular first:
- Destroy all creatures opponents control, Destroy all creatures opponents control whenever a creature enters the battlefield…: Basilisk Collar + Heavy Arbalest + Thornbite Staff
- Destroy all creatures opponents control, Destroy all creatures opponents control whenever a creature enters the battlefield…: Gorgon's Head + Heavy Arbalest + Thornbite Staff
- Destroy all creatures opponents control, Destroy all creatures opponents control whenever a creature enters the battlefield…: Gorgon Flail + Heavy Arbalest + Thornbite Staff
- Destroy all creatures opponents control, Destroy all creatures opponents control whenever a creature enters the battlefield…: Heavy Arbalest + Quietus Spike + Thornbite Staff
- Infinite damage, Infinite lifegain…: Famished Paladin + Heavy Arbalest
- Infinite damage, Infinite lifegain…: Heavy Arbalest + Lurking Roper
- Destroy each creature that enters the battlefield under an opponent's control, Destroy all creatures opponents control…: Heavy Arbalest + Shelob, Child of Ungoliant + Thornbite Staff
- Destroy all creatures opponents control, Destroy all creatures opponents control whenever a creature enters the battlefield…: Heavy Arbalest + Nazgûl Battle-Mace + Thornbite Staff
- Destroy all creatures opponents control, Destroy all creatures opponents control whenever a creature enters the battlefield…: Heavy Arbalest + Thornbite Staff + Vorpal Sword
- Destroy all creatures opponents control, Destroy all creatures opponents control whenever a creature enters the battlefield…: Heavy Arbalest + Rune of Mortality + Thornbite Staff