Equip

Equip is a keyword ability found on artifacts with the subtype “Equipment“. By paying the equip cost, you can attach the artifact to a creature you control, which is referred to in the text as the “equipped creature“.

Equipping can only be activated at sorcery speed. When an equipped creature leaves the battlefield, unlike Auras, the equipment remains on the battlefield.

From the Comprehensive Rules (November 8, 2024—Edge of Eternities)

• 702.6. Equip
  • 702.6a Equip is an activated ability of Equipment cards. “Equip [cost]” means “[Cost]: Attach this permanent to target creature you control. Activate only as a sorcery.”
  • 702.6b For more information about Equipment, see rule 301, “Artifacts.”
  • 702.6c Equip abilities may further restrict what creatures may be chosen as legal targets. Such restrictions usually appear in the form “Equip [quality]” or “Equip [quality] creature.” These equip abilities may legally target only a creature that’s controlled by the player activating the ability and that has the chosen quality. Additional restrictions for an equip ability don’t restrict what the Equipment may be attached to.
  • 702.6d If a permanent has multiple equip abilities, any of its equip abilities may be activated.
  • 702.6e “Equip planeswalker” is a variant of the equip ability. “Equip planeswalker [cost]” means “[Cost]: Attach this permanent to target planeswalker you control as though that planeswalker were a creature. Activate only as a sorcery.”