Intermediate Chirography
Card Information
Type: Enchantment — Class
Mana Cost: 1
CMC: 2
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 26
Oracle Text
(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.) When this Class enters, create a 2/1 white and black Inkling creature token with flying. {1}{B}: Level 2 Whenever you lose life for the first time each turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. {2}{B}: Level 3 At the beginning of each end step, if a modified creature died under your control this turn, create a 2/1 white and black Inkling creature token with flying. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)
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Card Rulings
- March 20, 2026
A creature that is equipped is considered modified no matter who controls the Equipment that's attached to it.
Source: wotc - March 20, 2026
Intermediate Chirography's level 3 ability will check as your end step starts to see if any modified creatures died under your control this turn. If none did, the ability won't trigger at all. It's not possible to cause creatures to die during your end step in time to have the ability trigger.
Source: wotc - March 20, 2026
Intermediate Chirography's level 2 ability triggers just once for your first life-losing event on each turn, no matter how much life you lose.
Source: wotc - March 20, 2026
A creature with a counter on it is considered modified no matter what kind of counter it is or which player put it on that creature.
Source: wotc - March 20, 2026
If you lose life during a turn before Intermediate Chirography has its level 2 ability, that ability won't trigger that turn even if you lose life again later in the turn.
Source: wotc - March 20, 2026
An Aura controlled by another player does not cause a creature you control to be modified.
Source: wotc
Price History
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