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Benthic Biomancer
Card Information
Type: Creature — Merfolk Wizard Mutant
Mana Cost: 
CMC: 1
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Ravnica Allegiance (RNA)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 32
Oracle Text
{1}{U}: Adapt 1. (If this creature has no +1/+1 counters on it, put a +1/+1 counter on it.) Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on this creature, draw a card, then discard a card.
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Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- January 25, 2019
You can always activate an ability that will cause a creature to adapt. As that ability resolves, if the creature has a +1/+1 counter on it for any reason, you simply won't put any +1/+1 counters on it.
Source: wotc - January 25, 2019
An ability that triggers when counters are put on a permanent will trigger if that permanent somehow enters the battlefield with those counters.
Source: wotc - January 25, 2019
You draw a card and discard a card all while Benthic Biomancer's triggered ability is resolving. Nothing can happen between the two, and no player may choose to take actions.
Source: wotc - January 25, 2019
If a creature somehow loses all of its +1/+1 counters, it can adapt again and get more +1/+1 counters.
Source: wotc
Price History
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