Leech Bonder
Card Information
Type: Creature — Merfolk Soldier
Mana Cost: 2
CMC: 3
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Shadowmoor (SHM)
Rarity: Uncommon
Collector Number: 43
Oracle Text
This creature enters with two -1/-1 counters on it. {U}, {Q}: Move a counter from target creature onto a second target creature. ({Q} is the untap symbol.)
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- May 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 - May 1, 2008
If either one of the target creatures becomes an illegal target (because it left the battlefield or for any other reason), the counter doesn’t move. If both targets become illegal, the ability doesn’t resolve.
Source: wotc - May 1, 2008
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, unless the creature has haste.
Source: wotc - May 1, 2008
This effect may result in a useless counter being placed on a creature. For example, if an age counter is moved from a creature with cumulative upkeep to a creature without cumulative upkeep, it will have no effect on the new creature.
Source: wotc - May 1, 2008
Leech Bonder’s activated ability can move any kind of counter, not just a -1/-1 counter. It can target any two creatures, whether they have counters on them or not.
Source: wotc - May 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
Price History
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