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Stronghold Rats
Card Information
Type: Creature — Rat
Mana Cost: 2
CMC: 3
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Time Spiral Remastered (TSR)
Rarity: Uncommon
Collector Number: 142
Oracle Text
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.) Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, each player discards a card.
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Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- March 19, 2021
While resolving the triggered ability of Stronghold Rats, each player chooses a card in hand without revealing it, then all of the cards are discarded at the same time.
Source: wotc - March 19, 2021
If an attacking creature has multiple evasion abilities, such as shadow and flying, a creature can block it only if that creature satisfies all of the appropriate evasion abilities.
Source: wotc - March 19, 2021
Multiple instances of shadow on the same creature are redundant.
Source: wotc - March 19, 2021
Once a creature has been blocked, that creature remains blocked and will deal and be dealt combat damage even if it gains or loses shadow or if the blocking creature gains or loses shadow.
Source: wotc
Price History
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