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Pawpatch Recruit

Green

4 printings listed in our catalog, from newest to oldest.

Pawpatch Recruit, Bloomburrow printing
Bloomburrow BLB · No. 187 2024-08-02

Card text

{G}
Creature — Rabbit Warrior
Offspring {2} (You may pay an additional {2} as you cast this spell. If you do, when this creature enters, create a 1/1 token copy of it.) Trample Whenever a creature you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control other than that creature.
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Keywords: Offspring, Trample
EDHREC rank #8802 Rare Not on the Reserved List
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The 4 printings

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Standard ✓ Legal
Pioneer ✓ Legal
Modern ✓ Legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ✓ Legal
Historic ✓ Legal
Timeless ✓ Legal
Alchemy ✓ Legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ✓ Legal
Penny ✓ Legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

11 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

In the rare case where the original creature is copying something else when the offspring ability resolves, the token enters as whatever that creature copied, except it’s a 1/1.

2024-07-26 · Wizards of the Coast

In the rare case where the creature doesn’t have the offspring ability when it enters, the ability won’t trigger even if you paid the offspring cost.

2024-07-26 · Wizards of the Coast

If a spell or ability an opponent controls targets a single creature you control more than once, Pawpatch Recruit’s last ability will trigger only once. However, if a spell or ability an opponent controls targets multiple creatures you control, Pawpatch Recruit’s last ability will trigger once for each of those permanents.

2024-07-26 · Wizards of the Coast

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

2024-07-26 · Wizards of the Coast

If the spell resolves but the creature with offspring leaves the battlefield before the offspring ability resolves, you’ll still create a token copy of it.

2024-07-26 · Wizards of the Coast

The token created by the offspring ability isn’t “cast”, so abilities that trigger when a creature spell is cast won’t trigger for the copy.

2024-07-26 · Wizards of the Coast

You can pay an offspring cost only once as you cast a spell with offspring. You can’t try to pay it multiple times to get more token copies.

2024-07-26 · Wizards of the Coast

Pawpatch Recruit’s last ability resolves before the spell or ability that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell or ability is countered.

2024-07-26 · Wizards of the Coast

Many creatures with offspring abilities have other abilities that refer to them as “this creature” rather than referring to them by name. This difference is for clarity purposes and does not change the function of any of these abilities.

2024-07-26 · Wizards of the Coast

If the spell is countered, the offspring ability will not trigger, and no token will be created.

2024-07-26 · Wizards of the Coast

The token copies exactly what was printed on the original creature and nothing else, except it’s a 1/1 (unless that creature is 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 and Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its types, color, or so on.

2024-07-26 · Wizards of the Coast

All printings

Pawpatch Recruit, Bloomburrow Promos printing
Bloomburrow Promos
PBLB · #187p
Rare
∅ No QC price
Pawpatch Recruit, Bloomburrow Promos printing
Bloomburrow Promos
PBLB · #187s
Rare
∅ No QC price