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Thornplate Intimidator

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Black. Creature — Rat Rogue

three generic manaone black mana

Thornplate Intimidator

Bloomburrow #117 · Illustrated by Daren Bader

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Non-foil · Bloomburrow #117

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Foil · Bloomburrow #117

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Oracle text

Offspring three generic mana (You may pay an additional three generic mana as you cast this spell. If you do, when this creature enters, create a 1/1 token copy of it.)

When this creature enters, target opponent loses 3 life unless they sacrifice a nonland permanent of their choice or discard a card.

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Card details

First printed
2024
Printings
1
Mana value
4
EDHREC rank
#11,609 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
Keywords
Offspring
Artist
Daren Bader

Rulings (10)

  1. 2024-07-26

    Any “enters” abilities of the copied creature will trigger when the token enters. Any “as [this creature] enters” or “[this creature] enters with” abilities of the copied creature will also work.

  2. 2024-07-26

    If the spell is countered, the offspring ability will not trigger, and no token will be created.

  3. 2024-07-26

    You can pay an offspring cost only once as you cast a spell with offspring. You can’t try to pay it multiple times to get more token copies.

  4. 2024-07-26

    In the rare case where the original creature is copying something else when the offspring ability resolves, the token enters as whatever that creature copied, except it’s a 1/1.

  5. 2024-07-26

    While resolving Thornplate Intimidator’s last ability, the target opponent chooses a card to be discarded without revealing it, chooses a nonland permanent to be sacrificed, or chooses to do neither. Then that player discards that card, sacrifices that permanent, or loses 3 life. That player can always choose to lose 3 life, even if they have cards to discard or nonland permanents to sacrifice.

  6. 2024-07-26

    In the rare case where the creature doesn’t have the offspring ability when it enters, the ability won’t trigger even if you paid the offspring cost.

  7. 2024-07-26

    The token copies exactly what was printed on the original creature and nothing else, except it’s a 1/1 (unless that creature is copying something else; see below). It doesn’t copy whether that creature is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its types, color, or so on.

  8. 2024-07-26

    If the spell resolves but the creature with offspring leaves the battlefield before the offspring ability resolves, you’ll still create a token copy of it.

  9. 2024-07-26

    Many creatures with offspring abilities have other abilities that refer to them as “this creature” rather than referring to them by name. This difference is for clarity purposes and does not change the function of any of these abilities.

  10. 2024-07-26

    The token created by the offspring ability isn’t “cast”, so abilities that trigger when a creature spell is cast won’t trigger for the copy.

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