Torpor Orb

Printings

  • The Big Score (BIG)#27
  • The Big Score (BIG)#57
  • Mystery Booster 2 (MB2)#236
  • New Phyrexia (NPH)#162
  • The Big Score (BIG)#92

Torpor Orb

Card Information

Type: Artifact

Mana Cost: 2

CMC: 2

Part of the Reserved List: No

Set: The Big Score (BIG)

Rarity: Mythic

Collector Number: 27

Oracle Text

Creatures entering don't cause abilities to trigger.

Format Legalities

duel(Legal)
brawl(Legal)
penny(Not Legal)
predh(Legal)
future(Legal)
legacy(Legal)
modern(Legal)
pauper(Not Legal)
alchemy(Not Legal)
pioneer(Legal)
vintage(Legal)
historic(Legal)
standard(Legal)
timeless(Legal)
commander(Legal)
gladiator(Legal)
oldschool(Not Legal)
premodern(Not Legal)
oathbreaker(Legal)
standardbrawl(Legal)
paupercommander(Not Legal)

Card Rulings

  1. April 12, 2024

    Abilities that apply "as [this creature] enters the battlefield," including many abilities that ask a creature's controller to choose a color or creature type, are unaffected.

    Source: wotc
  2. April 12, 2024

    Replacement effects are unaffected by Torpor Orb's ability. For example, a creature that enters the battlefield with one +1/+1 counter on it will still receive a +1/+1 counter.

    Source: wotc
  3. April 12, 2024

    Look at the permanent as it exists on the battlefield, taking into account continuous effects, to determine whether any triggered abilities will trigger. For example, if you control March of the Machines, which says, in part, "Each noncreature artifact is an artifact creature," each artifact will be a creature at the time it enters the battlefield and will not cause triggered abilities to trigger.

    Source: wotc
  4. April 12, 2024

    Triggered abilities use the word "when," "whenever," or "at." They're often written as "[Trigger condition], [effect]." Some keyword abilities are triggered abilities and will have "when," "whenever," or "at the beginning of" in their reminder text.

    Source: wotc
  5. April 12, 2024

    Torpor Orb stops a creature's own enters-the-battlefield triggered abilities as well as other triggered abilities that would trigger when a creature enters the battlefield.

    Source: wotc
  6. April 12, 2024

    The trigger event doesn't have to specify "creatures" entering the battlefield. For example, Captain Storm, Cosmium Raider from the Lost Caverns of Ixalan release has an ability that says "Whenever an artifact enters the battlefield under your control, put a +1/+1 counter on target Pirate you control." If an artifact creature enters the battlefield under your control, that ability won't trigger. If a noncreature artifact enters the battlefield under your control, the ability will trigger.

    Source: wotc
  7. April 12, 2024

    If Torpor Orb and a creature enter the battlefield at the same time, that creature entering the battlefield won't cause triggered abilities to trigger.

    Source: wotc

Price History

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