Printings
Runaway Steam-Kin
Card Information
Type: Creature — Elemental
Mana Cost: 1
CMC: 2
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Guilds of Ravnica (GRN)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 115
Oracle Text
Whenever you cast a red spell, if this creature has fewer than three +1/+1 counters on it, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Remove three +1/+1 counters from this creature: Add {R}{R}{R}.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- October 5, 2018
Runaway Steam-Kin’s triggered ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.
Source: wotc - October 5, 2018
If Runaway Steam-Kin has three or more +1/+1 counters on it after you’re done paying for a red spell, its ability doesn’t trigger at all. If it has three or more +1/+1 counters on it as its triggered ability resolves, it doesn’t get a +1/+1 counter.
Source: wotc - October 5, 2018
Runaway Steam-Kin has to be on the battlefield for its ability to trigger. Casting it won’t trigger its own ability.
Source: wotc
Price History
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