Artifact - Equipment, 3 (3) {3}: Ensouled Scimitar becomes a 1/5 Spirit artifact creature with flying until end of turn. (Equipment that's a creature can't equip a creature.) Equipped creature gets +1/+5. Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)1
Illus. Edward P. Beard, Jr.
8/1/2008: A noncreature permanent that turns into a creature is subject to the "summoning sickness" rule: It can only attack, and its {T} abilities can only be activated, if its controller has continuously controlled that permanent since the beginning of his or her most recent turn.