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Benthic Anomaly

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Benthic Anomaly, Modern Horizons 3 Commander printing
Modern Horizons 3 Commander M3C · No. 46 2024-06-14

Card text

{6}{U}
Creature — Eldrazi Serpent
Devoid (This card has no color.) When you cast this spell, for each opponent, choose a creature that player controls. Create a token that's a copy of one of those creatures, except its power is equal to the total power of those creatures, its toughness is equal to the total toughness of those creatures, and it's a colorless Eldrazi creature.
7 / 8
Keywords: Devoid
EDHREC rank #4239 Rare Not on the Reserved List
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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ∅ Not legal
Modern ∅ Not legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ∅ Not legal
Historic ∅ Not legal
Timeless ∅ Not legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ∅ Not legal
Penny ∅ Not legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

12 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

If the copied creature has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0.

2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast

Devoid doesn't affect the color identity of the card for the purposes of the Commander variant. For example, while Abstruse Appropriation is colorless because it has devoid, its color identity is still white and black, and it can't be included in a Commander deck where the commander's color identity doesn't include both white and black.

2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast

Other cards and abilities can give a card with devoid a color. If that happens, it's just the new color, not that color and colorless.

2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast

If the copied creature is itself a token, the token created by Benthic Anomaly's ability copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that created it, with the listed exception.

2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast

Devoid works in all zones, not just on the battlefield.

2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast

If the copied creature is copying something else, then the token enters the battlefield as whatever that creature copied, with the listed exceptions.

2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast

A card with devoid is just colorless. It's not colorless and the colors of mana in its mana cost.

2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast

The token is an Eldrazi creature instead of its other types and subtypes and is colorless instead of retaining any of its colors. It retains any supertypes it had, such as legendary or snow. These are copiable values of the token that other effects may copy.

2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast

The token copies exactly what was printed on the original card and nothing else, with the listed exceptions (unless that creature is itself copying something else; see below). It doesn't copy whether that creature is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, and so on.

2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast

If a card loses devoid, it will still be colorless. This is because effects that change an object's color (like the one created by devoid) are considered before the object loses devoid.

2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast

Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied creature will trigger when the token enters the battlefield. Any "as [this creature] enters the battlefield" or "[this creature] enters the battlefield with" abilities of the creature will also work.

2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast

Benthic Anomaly's triggered ability will resolve before Benthic Anomaly does. If Benthic Anomaly is countered or otherwise leaves the stack in response to that triggered ability, the triggered ability will still resolve as normal.

2024-06-07 · Wizards of the Coast

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