Temper {X}{1}{W}
Instant
Prevent the next X damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn. For each 1 damage prevented this way, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.
"I don't need a plan, just a goal. The rest will follow on its own."
—Gerrard
—Gerrard
Details
- Artist: Matthew D. Wilson
- Collector Number: 20
- Available only as nonfoil
- Rarity: uncommon
- Released: 1998-03-02
- Set: Stronghold
Legalities
- legal Commander
- legal Duel Commander
- legal Legacy
- legal MTGO Commander
- legal Penny Dreadful
- legal Premodern
- legal Tempest Block
- legal Vintage
Rulings
- 2004-10-04 The +1/+1 counters do show up at the same time as any unprevented damage, which means they are there before you check for lethal damage.
- 2004-10-04 You can make X be larger than the amount of damage, but you only get one counter for each actual point of damage prevented.
Links
Printings
- Stronghold (uncommon)
Card is in preconstructed decks:
Foreign names
- Abhärtung
- Colère
- Mitigare
- 我慢
- Temperamento
- Temple