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73.Anon.52 wrote: I wasn't only talking about "successful" steals, I was referring to any time someone thought they could, or any time Arthur had a page/knight hold it, or any time it's magic was used to do anything other than what Arthur directed it to. Well, it was a Mary Sueish sword.

@TestPilot:

If I could remember the exact source, I would tell you. I just remember that Excalibur, or some version of Excalibur, was capable of "collecting the lights from the planet", and as such was radiant and shiny all the time.

...Actually, "collecting the lights from the planet" may have been the middle ages's way of saying "it's so shiny, it steals the spotlight from every other sword".