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Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror
Card Information
Type (Front): Creature — Horror
Type (Back): Creature — Kraken Horror
Mana Cost (Front): 1
CMC: 2
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Innistrad Remastered (INR)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 91
Oracle Text
Thing in the Ice
Defender This creature enters with four ice counters on it. Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, remove an ice counter from this creature. Then if it has no ice counters on it, transform it.
0/4
Awoken Horror
When this creature transforms into Awoken Horror, return all non-Horror creatures to their owners' hands.
7/8
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Card Rulings
- January 24, 2025
Removing all ice counters from Thing in the Ice some other way will not cause it to transform. You’ll need to cast an instant or sorcery spell and cause its last ability to trigger.
Source: wotc - January 24, 2025
An ability that triggers when a player casts a spell resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered or otherwise leaves the stack without resolving.
Source: wotc - January 24, 2025
When Thing in the Ice’s triggered ability transforms it, Awoken Horror’s ability will trigger and resolve before the spell that caused Thing in the Ice’s last ability to trigger.
Source: wotc
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