Case of the Trampled Garden
Card Information
Type: Enchantment — Case
Mana Cost: 2
CMC: 3
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM)
Rarity: Uncommon
Collector Number: 156
Oracle Text
When this Case enters, distribute two +1/+1 counters among one or two target creatures you control. To solve — Creatures you control have total power 8 or greater. (If unsolved, solve at the beginning of your end step.) Solved — Whenever you attack, put a +1/+1 counter on target attacking creature. It gains trample until end of turn.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- February 2, 2024
Cases don't lose their other abilities when they become solved.
Source: wotc - February 2, 2024
"To solve" abilities will check for their condition twice: once when the ability would trigger, and once when it resolves. If the condition isn't true at the beginning of your end step, the ability won't trigger at all. If the condition isn't true when the ability resolves, the Case won't become solved.
Source: wotc - February 2, 2024
Once a Case becomes solved, it stays solved until it leaves the battlefield.
Source: wotc - February 2, 2024
Each Case has two special keyword abilities: to solve and solved.
Source: wotc - February 2, 2024
Being solved is not part of a permanent's copiable values. A permanent that becomes a copy of a solved Case is not solved. A solved Case that somehow becomes a copy of a different Case stays solved.
Source: wotc - February 2, 2024
"Solved — [Triggered ability]" means "[Triggered ability]. This ability triggers only if this Case is solved." Triggered abilities use the word "when," "whenever," or "at." They're often written as "[Trigger condition], [effect]."
Source: wotc - February 2, 2024
The meaning of "solved" differs based on what type of ability follows it. "Solved — [activated ability]" means "[Activated ability]. Activate only if this Case is solved." Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]."
Source: wotc - February 2, 2024
"Solved — [static ability]" means "As long as this Case is solved, [static ability]." Static abilities are written as statements, such as "Creatures you control get +1/+1" or "Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast."
Source: wotc - February 2, 2024
"To Solve — [condition]" means "At the beginning of your end step, if [condition] and this Case is not solved, it becomes solved."
Source: wotc
Price History
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