Nethroi, Apex of Death

Nethroi, Apex of Death

{2}{W}{B}{G}Legendary Creature — Cat Nightmare Beast5/5

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Mutate {4}{G/W}{B}{B} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.)

Deathtouch, lifelink

Whenever this creature mutates, return any number of target creature cards with total power 10 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

What it does

Tagged as Recursion · Lifegain — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.

Get it in a precon

One preconstructed deck includes this card.

Keyword reminders

Lifelink. Damage dealt by this also causes its controller to gain that much life. · CR 702.15 Read more →
Mutate. Cast for the mutate cost onto a non-Human creature you own; merge into one creature (your choice which is on top) that has all abilities of both. Mutate triggers fire.
Deathtouch. Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it. · CR 702.2 Read more →

Official rulings

  1. Nethroi's triggered ability can return any combination of creatures whose powers total 10 or less. For example, it could target ten 1/1 creature cards, two 5/5 creature cards, and so on. Regardless of what other creature cards you choose as targets, you can also choose any number of creature cards with power 0 as targets. (2020-04-17)
  2. If the power of the target creature cards change while in your graveyard, most likely because one has a characteristic-defining ability that defines a * in its power, the total power of the creatures may become greater than 10. If this happens, the entire selection of targets is illegal and nothing is returned to the battlefield. (2020-04-17)
  3. Use the power of the creature cards as they exist in your graveyard to determine whether they can be the targets of Nethroi's triggered ability. For example, a 0/0 creature card that will enter the battlefield as a copy of a 15/15 creature can be returned, as can five 0/0 creature cards that will each enter the battlefield with three +1/+1 counters on them. (2020-04-17)

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