Acolyte of the Inferno
Card Information
Type: Creature — Human Monk
Mana Cost: 2
CMC: 3
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Magic Origins (ORI)
Rarity: Uncommon
Collector Number: 128
Oracle Text
Renown 1 (When this creature deals combat damage to a player, if it isn't renowned, put a +1/+1 counter on it and it becomes renowned.) Whenever this creature becomes blocked by a creature, it deals 2 damage to that creature.
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Card Rulings
- June 22, 2015
Renown won't trigger when a creature deals combat damage to a planeswalker or another creature. It also won't trigger when a creature deals noncombat damage to a player.
Source: wotc - June 22, 2015
Acolyte of the Inferno's last ability triggers and resolves before combat damage is dealt. If that causes each creature blocking Acolyte of the Inferno to be destroyed, Acolyte of the Inferno will remain blocked and neither deal nor be dealt combat damage.
Source: wotc - June 22, 2015
If a renown ability triggers, but the creature leaves the battlefield before that ability resolves, the creature doesn't become renowned. Any ability that triggers "whenever a creature becomes renowned" won't trigger.
Source: wotc - June 22, 2015
Acolyte of the Inferno's last ability will trigger once for each creature that blocks it. Each of those creatures will be dealt 2 damage.
Source: wotc - June 22, 2015
If a creature with renown deals combat damage to its controller because that damage was redirected, renown will trigger.
Source: wotc
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