Monstrous War-Leech
~$0.07 low · ~$0.14 high
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Black. Creature — Leech Horror
Dominaria United #98 · Illustrated by Christopher Burdett
Dominaria United #98 · Illustrated by Christopher BurdettWhat is Monstrous War-Leech worth?
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Oracle text
Kicker 
(You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
As this creature enters, if it was kicked, mill four cards. (To mill a card, put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)
Monstrous War-Leech's power and toughness are each equal to the greatest mana value among cards in your graveyard.
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Format legality
The only printing of Monstrous War-Leech
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Dominaria United dmu #98· 2022uncommon· Cardmarket €0.05 · €0.12 foil | uncommon | $0.14 | $0.07 | €0.05€0.12 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2022
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 4
- EDHREC rank
- #26,245 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Mill, Kicker
- Artist
- Christopher Burdett
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Dominaria United card (#98).
098 · DMU · U · EN
- 098Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- DMUSet code for Dominaria United
- UUncommon
- ENPrinted in English
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Rulings (9)
September 9, 2022
Monstrous War-Leech's second ability is a replacement effect, not a triggered ability. It happens at the same time that Monstrous War-Leech enters the battlefield, it doesn't use the stack, and it can't be responded to.
September 9, 2022
If a card in a graveyard has an
in its mana cost, X is 0.September 9, 2022
If Monstrous War-Leech was kicked, it enters the battlefield with power and toughness each equal to the highest mana value among cards in your graveyard, including cards that were milled due to its replacement effect. For example, if you have no cards in your graveyard as it enters and you mill three land cards and a card with mana value 4, Monstrous War-Leech is a 4/4 creature entering the battlefield.
November 8, 2024
If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.
November 8, 2024
If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."
November 8, 2024
If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent, the new permanent isn't kicked, even if the original was.
November 8, 2024
To determine a spell's total cost, start with the mana cost (or an alternative cost if another card's effect allows you to pay one instead), add any cost increases (such as kicker), then apply any cost reductions. The spell's mana value remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.
November 8, 2024
The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.
November 8, 2024
If you copy a kicked spell on the stack, the copy is also kicked. If the copied spell is a permanent spell, the token the copy of that spell becomes when it enters is also kicked.
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