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Tainted Adversary
Card Information
Type: Creature — Zombie
Mana Cost: 1
CMC: 2
Part of the Reserved List: No
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Set: Innistrad: Double Feature (DBL)
Rarity: Mythic
Collector Number: 124
Oracle Text
Deathtouch When this creature enters, you may pay {2}{B} any number of times. When you pay this cost one or more times, put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature, then create twice that many 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens with decayed. (A creature with decayed can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.)
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Card Rulings
- September 24, 2021
After you pay the {2}{B} cost one or more times, a second ability triggers. Players may respond to the new ability at that point. As that ability resolves, Tainted Adversary gets its counters and the tokens are created.
Source: wotc - September 24, 2021
Decayed represents a static ability and a triggered ability. "Decayed" means "This creature can't block" and "When this creature attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat."
Source: wotc - September 24, 2021
Once a creature with decayed attacks, it will be sacrificed at end of combat, even if it no longer has decayed at that time.
Source: wotc - September 24, 2021
Decayed does not create any attacking requirements. You may choose not to attack with a creature that has decayed.
Source: wotc - September 24, 2021
Decayed does not grant haste. Creatures with decayed that enter the battlefield during your turn may not attack until your next turn.
Source: wotc
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