Ardyn, the Usurper
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Demons you control have menace, lifelink, and haste.
Starscourge — At the beginning of combat on your turn, exile up to one target creature card from a graveyard. If you exiled a card this way, create a token that's a copy of that card, except it's a 5/5 black Demon.
What it does
Tagged as Removal · Tokens · Lifegain — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.
Official rulings
- If a card copied by the token had any "when [this permanent] enters" abilities, the token also has those abilities, and they'll trigger when it's created. Similarly, any "as [this permanent] enters" or "[this permanent] enters with" abilities that the token has copied will also work. (2025-06-06)
- If the copied card has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0. (2025-06-06)
- Except for the listed exceptions, the token copies exactly what was printed on the original card and nothing else. It doesn't copy any information about the object the card was before it was put into a graveyard. (2025-06-06)
- The token is a Demon creature instead of its other types and is black instead of its other colors. Its base power and toughness are 5/5. These are copiable values of the token that other effects may copy. (2025-06-06)
Printings & prices
Every set Ardyn, the Usurper has been printed in, with the art, the finishes and the market price of each — the headline price above is the cheapest of these.
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