
Printings
Mistmeadow Skulk
Card Information
Type: Creature — Kithkin Rogue
Mana Cost: 1
CMC: 2
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Shadowmoor (SHM)
Rarity: Uncommon
Collector Number: 14
Oracle Text
Lifelink, protection from mana value 3 or greater
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Card Rulings
- May 1, 2008
The protection ability means the following: - Mistmeadow Skulk can't be blocked by creatures with mana value 3 or greater. - Mistmeadow Skulk can't be enchanted by Auras with mana value 3 or greater. It also can't be equipped by Equipment with mana value 3 or greater. - Mistmeadow Skulk can't be targeted by spells with mana value 3 or greater. It also can't be targeted by abilities from sources with mana value 3 or greater. - All damage that would be dealt to Mistmeadow Skulk by sources with mana value 3 or greater is prevented.
Source: wotc - May 1, 2007
A face-down creature has a mana value of 0, so Mistmeadow Skulk doesn't have protection from it .
Source: wotc - May 1, 2007
While a spell with X in its cost is on the stack, its mana value takes the chosen value of X into account. Mistmeadow Skulk can be chosen as a target for a Blaze (which has mana cost {X}{R}) if X is 0 or 1, for example, but it can't be chosen as a target for a Blaze if X is 2 or more.
Source: wotc
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