D'Avenant Trapper
Card Information
Type: Creature — Human Archer
Mana Cost: 2
CMC: 3
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Dominaria (DOM)
Rarity: Common
Collector Number: 11
Oracle Text
Whenever you cast a historic spell, tap target creature an opponent controls. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- April 27, 2018
An ability that triggers “whenever you cast a historic spell” doesn’t trigger if a historic card is put onto the battlefield without being cast.
Source: wotc - April 27, 2018
Lands are never cast, so abilities that trigger “whenever you cast a historic spell” won’t trigger if you play a legendary land. They also won’t trigger if a card on the battlefield transforms into a legendary land, as the Ixalan and Rivals of Ixalan double-faced cards do.
Source: wotc - April 27, 2018
A card, spell, or permanent is historic if it has the legendary supertype, the artifact card type, or the Saga subtype. Having two of those qualities doesn’t make an object more historic than another or provide an additional bonus—an object either is historic or it isn’t.
Source: wotc - April 27, 2018
Some abilities trigger “whenever you cast a historic spell.” Such an ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.
Source: wotc
Price History
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