Glory-Bound Initiate
~$0.14 low · ~$0.55 high
White. Creature — Human Warrior
Amonkhet #16 · Illustrated by David Palumbo
Amonkhet #16 · Illustrated by David PalumboWhat is Glory-Bound Initiate worth?
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Oracle text
You may exert this creature as it attacks. When you do, it gets +1/+3 and gains lifelink until end of turn. (An exerted creature won't untap during your next untap step.)
3/1
"Fly as an arrow through the trials, and never waver in your course." —Oketra, god of solidarity
Format legality
All 2 printings of Glory-Bound Initiate
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Amonkhet akh #16· 2017rare· Cardmarket €0.17 · €0.26 foil | rare | $0.14 | $0.55 | €0.17€0.26 foil | |
 Amonkhet Promos pakh #16s· 2017Promorare· Cardmarket €0.73 foil | rare | No non-foil printing | $0.51 | €0.73 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2017
- Printings
- 2
- Mana value
- 2
- EDHREC rank
- #24,222 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Exert
- Artist
- David Palumbo
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Amonkhet card (#16).
016 · AKH · R · EN
- 016Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- AKHSet code for Amonkhet
- RRare
- ENPrinted in English
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Rulings (4)
2017-04-18
You can’t exert a creature unless an effect allows you to do so. Similar effects that “tap and freeze” a creature (such as that of Decision Paralysis) don’t exert that creature.
2017-04-18
If an exerted creature is already untapped during your next untap step (most likely because it had vigilance or an effect untapped it), exert’s effect preventing it from untapping expires without having done anything.
2017-04-18
If you gain control of another player’s creature until end of turn and exert it, it will untap during that player’s untap step.
2017-04-18
All cards in the Amonkhet set that let you exert a creature let you do so as you declare it as an attacking creature, as do some of the cards in the Hour of Devastation set. You can’t do so later in combat, and creatures put onto the battlefield attacking can’t be exerted. Any abilities that trigger on exerting an attacking creature will resolve before blockers are declared.
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