Sporocyst
Creature β Tyranid
Sporocyst
Creature β Tyranid
Card Text
Ravenous (This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. If X is 5 or more, draw a card when it enters.)
Defender
Spore Chimney β When this creature enters, search your library for up to X basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 1
- Colors
- Green
- Color Identity
- Green
- Power / Toughness
- 0 / 0
- EDHREC Rank
- #4,681
Format Legalities
Market Prices
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Price History (30d)
All Printings (9)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) | #98 | rare | en | Fajareka Setiawan | $7.79 | β |
| Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) | #98β | rare | en | Fajareka Setiawan | β | $8.48 |
| Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) | #98 | rare | de | Fajareka Setiawan | β | β |
| Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) | #98 | rare | es | Fajareka Setiawan | β | β |
| Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) | #98 | rare | fr | Fajareka Setiawan | β | β |
| Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) | #98 | rare | it | Fajareka Setiawan | β | β |
| Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) | #98 | rare | ja | Fajareka Setiawan | β | β |
| Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) | #98 | rare | pt | Fajareka Setiawan | β | β |
| Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) | #98 | rare | zhs | Fajareka Setiawan | β | β |
Official Rulings (4)
A creature with ravenous gets its counters as it enters the battlefield. It doesn't enter the battlefield first and then get its counters. Any triggered ability that looks for a creature with a certain power or toughness entering the battlefield will see the counters when it checks to see if it should trigger.
If another permanent enters the battlefield as a copy of a creature with Ravenous, it will not enter with any counters from the ravenous ability.
The triggered ability that checks to see if X is 5 or greater refers to the value of X that was chosen as the spell was cast, which may be different from the number of counters it entered with if there are replacement effects involved. This is also true for any other ability that it has which refers to X and triggers when it enters the battlefield.
If a permanent spell with ravenous is copied, the copy will have the same value for X, and the token permanent that the spell becomes as it enters the battlefield will enter with X counters.
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