Printings
Gilder Bairn
Card Information
Type: Creature — Ouphe
Mana Cost: 1
CMC: 3
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity: 
Set: Eventide (EVE)
Rarity: Uncommon
Collector Number: 152
Oracle Text
{2}{G/U}, {Q}: Double the number of each kind of counter on target permanent. ({Q} is the untap symbol.)
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- August 1, 2008
If the permanent is already untapped, you can’t activate its {Q} ability. That’s because you can’t pay the “Untap this permanent” cost.
Source: wotc - August 1, 2008
Gilder Bairn’s ability will replicate each kind of counter on the targeted permanent, not just +1/+1 or -1/-1 counters.
Source: wotc - August 1, 2008
When you activate an {Q} ability, you untap the creature with that ability as a cost. The untap can’t be responded to. (The actual ability can be responded to, of course.)
Source: wotc - August 1, 2008
The “summoning sickness” rule applies to {Q}. If a creature with an {Q} ability hasn’t been under your control since your most recent turn began, you can’t activate that ability. Ignore this rule if the creature also has haste.
Source: wotc
Price History
To study a single card is to glimpse the heart of a spell - a frozen moment of ambition, artistry, and arcane intent. Within each glyph lies a spark: a story untold, a duel turned, a destiny altered. Treat it not as mere parchment, dear seeker, but as a shard of the Multiverse itself.