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Startling Development

Blue

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

Startling Development, Jumpstart 2022 printing
Jumpstart 2022 J22 · No. 350 2022-12-02

Card text

{1}{U}
Instant
Until end of turn, target creature becomes a blue Serpent with base power and toughness 4/4. Cycling {1} ({1}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Keywords: Cycling
Remarkably, dinner continued with no further interruptions.
EDHREC rank #21790 Common Not on the Reserved List
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The 2 printings

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

Official rulings

4 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

Effects that modify the affected creature’s power or toughness without setting it will apply no matter when they started to take effect. The same is true for counters that change the creature’s power or toughness.

2020-04-17 · Wizards of the Coast

Startling Development overwrites all previous effects that set the affected creatures’ color, creature types, power, and/or toughness to specific values. Other effects that set these characteristics to specific values that start to apply after Startling Development resolves will overwrite that part of the effect.

2020-04-17 · Wizards of the Coast

The affected creature doesn’t lose any abilities when it becomes a Serpent.

2020-04-17 · Wizards of the Coast

Because damage remains marked on a creature until the damage is removed as the turn ends, nonlethal damage dealt to the target creature may become lethal once its base toughness becomes 4.

2020-04-17 · Wizards of the Coast

All printings

Startling Development, Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths printing
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths
IKO · #68
Common
Tapt's Canadian calculation. How to read these prices
Abyss Game Store · Foil