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Turntimber Basilisk
Card Information
Type: Creature — Basilisk
Mana Cost: 1
CMC: 3
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Jumpstart 2022 (J22)
Rarity: Uncommon
Collector Number: 736
Oracle Text
Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.) Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you may have target creature block this creature this turn if able.
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Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- November 8, 2024
Whenever a land you control enters, each landfall ability of the permanents you control will trigger. You can put them on the stack in any order. The last ability you put on the stack will be the first one to resolve (As a result, you can have those abilities resolve in the order of your choosing.).
Source: wotc - November 8, 2024
A landfall ability triggers whenever a land you control enters for any reason. It triggers whenever you play a land, as well as whenever a spell or ability puts a land onto the battlefield under your control.
Source: wotc - November 8, 2024
A landfall ability doesn't trigger if a permanent already on the battlefield becomes a land.
Source: wotc - October 1, 2009
If Turntimber Basilisk's landfall ability triggers multiple times during the same turn, you can have multiple creatures block it that turn if able.
Source: wotc - October 1, 2009
Tapped creatures, creatures that can't block as the result of an effect, creatures with unpaid costs to block (such as those from War Cadence), and creatures that aren't controlled by the defending player are exempt from effects that would require them to block. Such creatures can be targeted by Turntimber Basilisk's landfall ability, but the requirement to block does nothing.
Source: wotc - October 1, 2009
Deciding to have the targeted creature block doesn't force you to attack with Turntimber Basilisk that turn. If Turntimber Basilisk doesn't attack, the targeted creature is free to block whichever creature its controller chooses, or block no creatures at all.
Source: wotc - October 1, 2009
You decide whether to have the targeted creature block Turntimber Basilisk this turn if able at the time the landfall ability resolves, not at the time Turntimber Basilisk attacks.
Source: wotc - October 1, 2009
If you choose to have the targeted creature block but that creature isn't able to block Turntimber Basilisk (for example, because the targeted creature can block only creatures with flying), the requirement to block does nothing. The targeted creature is free to block whichever creature its controller chooses, or block no creatures at all.
Source: wotc
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