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Can you Unequip equipment?

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Equipment only becomes unattached to anything if the thing it is currently attached to leaves the battlefield, or gains protection from artifacts etc. Otherwise, once equipped, you can only equip to other creatures. "Unequip" doesn't exist.
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Can you remove equipment from a creature?

Equipment is attached once you pay the equip cost to attach your equipment on to your creature. You can not unequip an equipment without equipping another creature. You may only unattach it if the card says so, Cranial Plating is the only equipment that can attach at instant speed.
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Does it cost mana to Unequip equipment?

You have to pay the equip cost to attach the equipment to a different creature, which unequips it from the creature it was originally attached to. You don't get a discount because the equipment is already attached. You can't pay to unequip equipment from a creature and leave it unattached.
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Can an equipment equip itself?

An Equipment can't equip itself. An Equipment that equips an illegal or nonexistent permanent becomes unattached from that permanent but remains on the battlefield.
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Can I Unequip lightning greaves?

You can't simply unequip Equipment from a creature. If Lightning Greaves is attached to the only creature you control, you won't be able to attach other equipment to it (or target it with anything else) until you have another creature onto which you can move Lightning Greaves.
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UE4 Equipment Clothing Tutorial unequip items.

Can you Unequip artifacts in MTG?

Equipment only becomes unattached to anything if the thing it is currently attached to leaves the battlefield, or gains protection from artifacts etc. Otherwise, once equipped, you can only equip to other creatures. "Unequip" doesn't exist.
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What's better Lightning Greaves vs Swiftfoot boots?

Lightning Greaves is faster, costing two mana to cast and no mana to equip, and it gives haste and shroud. Swiftfoot Boots costs two mana to cast but one mana to equip, but it gives hexproof and haste instead.
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Is equipment a permanent MTG?

When you cast an equipment spell, it enters the battlefield like any other permanent. But once it resolves, you then need to equip it to one of your creatures using the equip ability.
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Is equip only a sorcery?

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.”
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Can you tap an equipment that is equipped?

When you attack with a creature which has an Equipment on it, the Equipment won't tap. This is often done when playing in paper, but technically the Equipment should stay untapped. The other way around, untapping an Equipment has no effect on the creature it's equipped to.
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Can you Reequip MTG?

Yes but it can only be equiped to one creature at any given time. You may equip an equipment as many times as you want to in any given turn so long as you can afford to pay for it.
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Can you reduce mana cost to zero?

If the mana component of the total cost is reduced to nothing by cost reduction effects, it is considered to be {0}. It can't be reduced to less than {0}. Once the total cost is determined, any effects that directly affect the total cost are applied.
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Do artifacts have summoning sickness?

Plain artifacts don't have summoning sickness. Like planeswalkers, they aren't creatures. They're things. You can just use them without any worry, even if they have tap abilities.
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Can you just sacrifice a creature?

The "Sacrifice" ability is an activated ability, so you can activate it at any time. You can't sacrifice a creature without some kind of spell or ability that lets you.
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Can you destroy an equipped artifact?

If an equipped creature was destroyed, the equipment would become unattached, but would not be destroyed. Since equipment isn't destroyed when the equipped creature is, it is considered a better deal than the Aura, which ends up making you lose two cards instead of one.
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Can menace block menace?

A creature with menace can't be blocked by just one creature during combat. This means that if you swing at your opponent with a creature with menace, they'll have to block using two or more creatures to deal with the incoming attack.
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Is a sorcery a permanent?

A sorcery is not a permanent. See rule 307, “Sorceries.” 307.1. A player who has priority may cast a sorcery card from their hand during a main phase of their turn when the stack is empty.
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Is a sorcery or instant a permanent?

Is an Instant a Permanent? No, an instant isn't permanent. There are two types of spells that aren't permanents: instants, and sorceries. When an instant or sorcery resolves, the card is put on the owner's graveyard instead of staying on the battlefield.
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Does adventure count as sorcery?

Do Adventures Count as Instants or Sorceries? The only time an adventure card is an instant or sorcery is when the inset spell has cast and is on the stack. In all other locations (library, hand, battlefield, graveyard, exile), it has the characteristics of the main spell, which is a creature.
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Are MTG alters legal?

Altered cards are tournament legal so long as the modifications (1) do not make the card art unrecognizable, (2) do not contain substantial strategic advice, (3) do not contain offensive images, (4) do not obstruct or change the mana cost or name of the card, and (5) cannot be construed as a marked card (must not be ...
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What happens to equipment when creature dies?

The equipment will simply unattach from the creature if the creature dies. Equipments will stay on the field until something specifically removes them, such as a "destroy artifact" spell like Smelt. Auras, however, will go to the graveyard when the creature dies unless it says otherwise.
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Is there a life cap in MTG?

A player typically starts the game with a "life total" of twenty and loses the game when their life total is reduced to zero. A player can also lose if they must draw from an empty deck. Some cards specify other ways to win or lose the game.
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Can you equip Lightning Greaves in response?

No, you cannot do that. As noted elsewhere in these comments, equipping an artifact is (unless noted otherwise) done at sorcery speed. Therefore, you may not respond to the casting of a spell or activation of an ability with it. The stack must be clear for you to move the greaves.
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Can you target Swiftfoot Boots?

Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
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How does artifact equipment work?

Equipment is an artifact subtype that has the "equip" keyword ability. By paying the equip cost (which can only be done at sorcery speed), it attaches to a creature you control. If that creature leaves play, the Equipment becomes unattached and remains in play.
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