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Scion of the Swarm
Card Information
Type: Creature — Vampire Cleric
Mana Cost: 3
CMC: 5
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Foundations Jumpstart (J25)
Rarity: Uncommon
Collector Number: 487
Oracle Text
Flying Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
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Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- September 25, 2020
An ability that triggers "whenever you gain life" triggers just once for each life-gaining event, no matter how much life you gain.
Source: wotc - September 25, 2020
If Scion of the Swarm is dealt lethal damage at the same time that you gain life, it won't receive a counter from its ability in time to save it.
Source: wotc - September 25, 2020
Each creature with lifelink dealing combat damage causes a separate life-gaining event. For example, if two creatures you control with lifelink deal combat damage at the same time, a "whenever you gain life" ability will trigger twice. However, if a single creature you control with lifelink deals combat damage to multiple creatures, players, and/or planeswalkers at the same time (perhaps because it has trample or was blocked by more than one creature), the ability will trigger only once.
Source: wotc - September 25, 2020
In a Two-Headed Giant game, life gained by your teammate won't cause Scion of the Swarm's ability to trigger, even though it caused your team's life total to increase.
Source: wotc - September 25, 2020
Each creature with lifelink dealing combat damage causes a separate life-gaining event. For example, if two creatures you control with lifelink deal combat damage at the same time, Scion of hte Swarm's ability will trigger twice. However, if a single creature you control with lifelink deals combat damage to multiple creatures, players, planeswalkers, and/or battles at the same time (perhaps because it has trample or was blocked by more than one creature), the ability will trigger only once.
Source: wotc - September 25, 2020
The last ability of Scion of the Swarm triggers just once for each life-gaining event, whether it's 1 life from Dazzling Angel or 4 life from Apothecary Stomper.
Source: wotc - September 25, 2020
If you gain an amount of life "for each" of something or "equal to the number" of something, that life is gained as one event and Scion of the Swarm's ability triggers only once.
Source: wotc - September 25, 2020
In a Two-Headed Giant game, life gained by your teammate won't cause the ability to trigger, even though it caused your team's life total to increase.
Source: wotc - September 25, 2020
If you gain an amount of life "for each" of something, that life is gained as one event and the ability will trigger only once.
Source: wotc
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