Battlegate Mimic
Creature β Shapeshifter
Battlegate Mimic
Creature β Shapeshifter
Card Text
Whenever you cast a spell that's both red and white, this creature has base power and toughness 4/2 until end of turn and gains first strike until end of turn.
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 2
- Colors
- Red, White
- Color Identity
- Red, White
- Power / Toughness
- 2 / 1
- EDHREC Rank
- #25,155
Format Legalities
Market Prices
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Price History (30d)
All Printings (10)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planechase (HOP) | #98 | common | en | Franz Vohwinkel | $0.20 | β |
| Eventide (EVE) | #133 | common | en | Franz Vohwinkel | $0.10 | $0.40 |
| Eventide (EVE) | #133 | common | de | Franz Vohwinkel | β | β |
| Eventide (EVE) | #133 | common | es | Franz Vohwinkel | β | β |
| Eventide (EVE) | #133 | common | fr | Franz Vohwinkel | β | β |
| Eventide (EVE) | #133 | common | it | Franz Vohwinkel | β | β |
| Eventide (EVE) | #133 | common | ja | Franz Vohwinkel | β | β |
| Eventide (EVE) | #133 | common | pt | Franz Vohwinkel | β | β |
| Eventide (EVE) | #133 | common | ru | Franz Vohwinkel | β | β |
| Eventide (EVE) | #133 | common | zhs | Franz Vohwinkel | β | β |
Official Rulings (4)
The effect from the ability overwrites other effects that set power and/or toughness if and only if those effects existed before the ability resolved. It will not overwrite effects that modify power or toughness (whether from a static ability, counters, or a resolved spell or ability), nor will it overwrite effects that set power and toughness which come into existence after the ability resolves. Effects that switch the creatureβs power and toughness are always applied after any other power or toughness changing effects, including this one, regardless of the order in which they are created.
Any other abilities the Mimic may have gained are not affected.
The ability triggers whenever you cast a spell thatβs both of its listed colors. It doesnβt matter whether that spell also happens to be any other colors.
If you cast a spell thatβs the two appropriate colors for the second time in a turn, the ability triggers again. The Mimic will once again become the power and toughness stated in its ability, which could overwrite power- and toughness-setting effects that have been applied to it in the meantime.
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