Colossus of Akros
Card Information
Type: Artifact Creature — Golem
Mana Cost: 8
CMC: 8
Part of the Reserved List: No
Set: Theros (THS)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 214
Oracle Text
Defender, indestructible {10}: Monstrosity 10. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put ten +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.) As long as this creature is monstrous, it has trample and can attack as though it didn't have defender.
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Card Rulings
- September 15, 2013
Monstrous isn't an ability that a creature has. It's just something true about that creature. If the creature stops being a creature or loses its abilities, it will continue to be monstrous.
Source: wotc - September 15, 2013
Once a creature becomes monstrous, it can't become monstrous again. If the creature is already monstrous when the monstrosity ability resolves, nothing happens.
Source: wotc - September 15, 2013
Colossus of Akros doesn't lose defender when it's monstrous. It's just able to attack.
Source: wotc - September 15, 2013
An ability that triggers when a creature becomes monstrous won't trigger if that creature isn't on the battlefield when its monstrosity ability resolves.
Source: wotc
Price History
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