Claim the Firstborn
{R}
(The Kidnapping of Toby)
Sorcery
Gain control of target creature with mana value 3 or less until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn.
"Go back to your room. Play with your toys and your costumes. Forget about the baby."
—Jareth
—Jareth
Related card:
Key to the Archive
Details
- Artist: Justyna Dura
- Collector Number: 2837
- Available nonfoil and foil
- Frame Effects: inverted
- Promo: universesbeyond
- Rarity: rare
- Released: 2026-10-12
- Set: Secret Lair Drop
- Stamp: oval
- Subsets: Jim Henson's Labyrinth: Fear Me, Love Me
Legalities
- legal Brawl
- legal Commander
- legal Competitive Brawl
- legal Duel Commander
- legal Historic
- legal Legacy
- legal Modern
- legal Penny Dreadful
- legal Pioneer
- legal Timeless
- legal Vintage
Rulings
- 2019-10-04 Claim the Firstborn can target any creature with mana value 3 or less, even one that's untapped or one you already control.
- 2019-10-04 Gaining control of a creature doesn't cause you to gain control of any Auras or Equipment attached to it.
- 2019-10-04 If a creature on the battlefield has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
Printings
- Secret Lair Drop (rare)
- Strixhaven Mystical Archive — 37 100 (uncommon)
- Throne of Eldraine (uncommon)
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Foreign names
- 索求初婴
- 索求初嬰
- Raub des Erstgeborenen
- Droit au premier né
- Reclamare il Primogenito
- 初子さらい
- 장자 데려가기
- Reivindicar o Primogênito
- Забрать Первенца
- Reclamar al primogénito