Thriving Rhino
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Green. Creature — Rhino

Kaladesh #171 · Illustrated by Matt Stewart
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Oracle text
When this creature enters, you get (two energy counters).
Whenever this creature attacks, you may pay . If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
2/3
As unpredictable as aether, and just as hard to contain.
Format legality
The only printing of Thriving Rhino
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kaladesh kld #171· 2016common· Cardmarket €0.04 · €0.27 foil | common | $0.08 | — | €0.04€0.27 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2016
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 3
- EDHREC rank
- #26,881 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Artist
- Matt Stewart
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Kaladesh card (#171).
171 · KLD · C · EN
- 171Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- KLDSet code for Kaladesh
- CCommon
- ENPrinted in English
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Rulings (9)
June 7, 2024
Keep track of how many energy counters each player has. Potential ways to track this include writing theme down on paper or using dice, but any method that is clear and mutually agreeable is fine. (At higher levels of tournament play, dice may not be allowed for tracking counters that players have.)
June 7, 2024
Some spells and abilities that give you
may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. You won't get any
.
June 7, 2024
Energy counters are a kind of counter that a player may have. They're not associated with any specific permanents.
June 7, 2024
is the energy symbol. It represents one energy counter.
June 7, 2024
Some triggered abilities state that you "may pay" a certain amount of
. You can't pay that amount multiple times to multiply the effect. You simply choose whether or not to pay that amount of
as the ability resolves.
June 7, 2024
Energy counters aren't mana. They don't go away as steps, phases, and turns end, and effects that add mana "of any type" can't give you energy counters.
June 7, 2024
Some triggered abilities that state that you "may pay" a certain amount of
describe an effect that happens "If you do." In that case, no player may take actions to try to stop the ability's effect after you make your choice. If the payment is followed by the phrase "When you do," then you'll choose any targets for that reflexive triggered ability and put it on the stack before players can take actions.
June 7, 2024
If an effect says you get one or more
, you get that many energy counters. To pay one or more
, you lose that many energy counters. You can't pay more energy counters than you have. Any effects that interact with counters a player gets, has, or loses can interact with energy counters.
June 7, 2024
If a spell or ability with one or more targets states that you "may pay" some amount of
, and each permanent that it targets has become an illegal target, the spell or ability won't resolve. You can't pay any
even if you want to.
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