Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror
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Defender
This creature enters with four ice counters on it.
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, remove an ice counter from this creature. Then if it has no ice counters on it, transform it.
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When this creature transforms into Awoken Horror, return all non-Horror creatures to their owners' hands.
What it does
Tagged as Board wipe · Spellslinger payoff — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.
Keyword reminders
Official rulings
- Removing all ice counters from Thing in the Ice some other way will not cause it to transform. You’ll need to cast an instant or sorcery spell and cause its last ability to trigger. (2025-01-24)
- An ability that triggers when a player casts a spell resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered or otherwise leaves the stack without resolving. (2025-01-24)
- When Thing in the Ice’s triggered ability transforms it, Awoken Horror’s ability will trigger and resolve before the spell that caused Thing in the Ice’s last ability to trigger. (2025-01-24)
Printings & prices
Every set Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror 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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