Thought Sponge
Card Information
Type: Creature — Sponge
Mana Cost: 3
CMC: 4
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Commander 2019 (C19)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 12
Oracle Text
Flash This creature enters with a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the greatest number of cards an opponent has drawn this turn. When this creature dies, draw cards equal to its power.
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Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- August 23, 2019
Thought Sponge gets its +1/+1 counters at the moment it enters the battlefield. There's not a time that it's on the battlefield before its replacement effect has applied.
Source: wotc - August 23, 2019
Use Thought Sponge's power as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how many cards to draw for its last ability. If that number is negative, you neither draw nor discard cards.
Source: wotc - August 23, 2019
Thought Sponge checks the total number of cards drawn by each opponent, not how many were drawn due to a single instruction.
Source: wotc - August 23, 2019
Thought Sponge checks how many cards were drawn by opponents this turn, even opponents who have left the game. The greatest number drawn by a single opponent is how many +1/+1 counters it enters with.
Source: wotc
Price History
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