Evershrike

Evershrike

{3}{W/B}{W/B}Creature — Elemental Spirit2/2

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Flying

This creature gets +2/+2 for each Aura attached to it.

{X}{W/B}{W/B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. You may put an Aura card with mana value X or less from your hand onto the battlefield attached to it. If you don't, exile this creature.

What it does

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

Keyword reminders

Flying. This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach. · CR 702.9 Read more →

Official rulings

  1. You can't put an Aura onto the battlefield this way unless that Aura can legally be attached to Evershrike. For example, you can't put an Aura card with "enchant player" onto the battlefield this way. (2008-08-01)
  2. You can activate Evershrike's ability with X = 0. If you do, you'll return Evershrike to the battlefield from your graveyard, then exile it. (There are no Aura cards with mana value 0.) (2008-08-01)
  3. You can activate Evershrike's ability only while it's in your graveyard. (2008-08-01)
  4. You can activate Evershrike's ability even if you have no Auras in your hand, or if you have an Aura in your hand that you don't want to put on it or can't put on it. In either case, you'll return Evershrike to the battlefield from your graveyard, then exile it. No player has the opportunity to cast spells or activate abilities while Evershrike is on the battlefield. (2008-08-01)

Printings & prices

Every set Evershrike 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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