Apologies if it sounds like I’m being deliberately argumentative or disagreeable, that isn’t the intended case. I’m just a minimalist when it comes to card wordings. I’ve always been of the mindset...

I guess my point was that the wording doesn’t need to be included. The thing is only a weapon once it’s been activated. So if it goes to the grave and comes back, it comes back like anything - as...

Of course an artifact. It’s an artifact to begin with, so when it re-enters play, it is its base self. You have to activate it to make it a weapon.

Shadow Splinter
Mage Item - Artifact
Cost: (3)

If Shadow Splinter is a weapon when it is destroyed, it is returned to play.

(2SE): Shadow Splinter becomes a weapon with 3 base attack and 1...