Azlask, the Swelling Scourge
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Whenever Azlask or another colorless creature you control dies, you get an experience counter.
{W}{U}{B}{R}{G}: Creatures you control get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of experience counters you have. Scions and Spawns you control gain indestructible and annihilator 1 until end of turn.
What it does
Tagged as Protection · Go-wide payoff · Sac payoff — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.
Official rulings
- The value of X is determined only once, as Azlask's last ability resolves. (2024-06-07)
- Annihilator abilities trigger and resolve during the declare attackers step. The defending player sacrifices the required number of permanents of their choice before they declare blockers. Any creatures sacrificed this way won't be able to block. (2024-06-07)
- If a creature with annihilator is attacking a planeswalker, and the defending player chooses to sacrifice that planeswalker, the attacking creature continues to attack. It may be blocked. If it isn't blocked, it simply won't deal combat damage to anything. (2024-06-07)
- All experience counters are identical, no matter how you got them. For example, the last ability will count experience counters that you got from the first ability, from another ability, from proliferating, and so on. (2024-06-07)
Printings & prices
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