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Winter, Cursed Rider

Winter, Cursed Rider

{U}{B}Legendary Creature — Human Warlock3/2

Ward—Pay 2 life.

Artifacts you control have "Ward—Pay 2 life."

Exhaust — {2}{U}{B}, {T}, Exile X artifact cards from your graveyard: Each other nonartifact creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. (Activate each exhaust ability only once.)

Keyword reminders

Ward. Whenever this becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays the ward cost. · CR 702.21

Official rulings

  1. If an ability triggers whenever you activate an exhaust ability, that ability resolves before the exhaust ability resolves. (2025-02-07)
  2. If an exhaust ability of a permanent is activated, and then that permanent leaves the battlefield and returns to the battlefield, it becomes a new object so its exhaust ability can be activated again. (2025-02-07)
  3. Multiple instances of ward each trigger separately. (2025-02-07)
  4. Exhaust abilities can be activated any time you could normally activate an ability. (2025-02-07)
  5. If an effect causes Winter to become an artifact, its second ability will cause it to gain a second instance of ward. (2025-02-07)

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