Merry Bards
~$0.14 low · ~$0.17 high
Red. Creature — Human Bard
Wilds of Eldraine #140 · Illustrated by Iris Compiet
Wilds of Eldraine #140 · Illustrated by Iris CompietWhat is Merry Bards worth?
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Oracle text
When this creature enters, you may pay 
. When you do, create a Young Hero Role token attached to target creature you control. (If you control another Role on it, put that one into the graveyard. Enchanted creature has "Whenever this creature attacks, if its toughness is 3 or less, put a +1/+1 counter on it.")
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Format legality
The only printing of Merry Bards
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Wilds of Eldraine woe #140· 2023common· Cardmarket €0.03 · €0.08 foil | common | $0.14 | $0.17 | €0.03€0.08 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2023
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 3
- EDHREC rank
- #26,473 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Role token
- Artist
- Iris Compiet
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Wilds of Eldraine card (#140).
0140 · WOE · C · EN
- 0140Collector number: this card's place in the set list.
- WOESet code for Wilds of Eldraine
- CCommon
- ENPrinted in English
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Card breakdown
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Rulings (9)
2023-09-01
Hexproof and shroud won’t prevent a Role from becoming attached to a permanent if the ability creating that Role attached to that permanent doesn’t target it.
2023-09-01
A permanent can have multiple Roles attached to it if each one is controlled by a different player.
2023-09-01
Cards in the Wilds of Eldraine main set create six different Role tokens: Cursed, Monster, Royal, Sorcerer, Wicked, and Young Hero. A seventh Role token, Virtuous, is created by Ellivere of the Wild Court, the commander of the “Virtue and Valor” Commander Deck.
2023-09-01
If a permanent has more than one Role attached to it controlled by the same player, each of those Roles except the one with the most recent timestamp is put into its owner’s graveyard. This is a state-based action.
2023-09-01
You don't choose a target for Merry Bards's ability at the time its enters-the-battlefield ability triggers. Rather, a second "reflexive" ability triggers when you pay
this way. You choose a target for that ability as it goes on the stack. Each player may respond to this triggered ability as normal.2023-09-01
If two or more Roles controlled by the same player become attached to a permanent at the same time (perhaps due to an effect such as that of Doubling Season), that player chooses which one to keep and which are put into their owners’ graveyards.
2023-09-01
Roles are colorless enchantment tokens. Each one has the Aura and Role subtypes and the enchant creature ability.
2023-09-01
Some spells and abilities that create Role tokens require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won’t resolve. The Role token won’t be created.
2023-09-01
In rare cases, a spell or ability might attempt to create a Role token enchanting a permanent that it can’t legally enchant (because of an ability like protection from enchantments). In such cases, the Role token isn’t created.
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