“The recruits trained in eternal night, fueled by the hope that they might one day see the sun again.”
Training
Parish-Blade Trainee
Card Rules and Details
Card Type: Creature — Human Soldier
Mana Cost: {1}{W}
Oracle Rules Text: Training (Whenever this creature attacks with another creature with greater power, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.) When this creature dies, put its counters on target creature you control.
Flavor Text: The recruits trained in eternal night, fueled by the hope that they might one day see the sun again.
Set: Innistrad: Crimson Vow (#29), Rarity: Common, Artist: Zara Alfonso
Creature
White
Common
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Official Rulings (6)
2021-11-19
In some unusual cases, you may end up putting the appropriate counters on more than one permanent. For example, if you control The Ozolith when Parish-Blade Trainee dies, you'll put the appropriate number of each kind of counter onto both The Ozolith and the target creature.
2021-11-19
Once a creature's training ability has triggered, destroying the other attacking creature or reducing its power won't stop the creature with training from getting a +1/+1 counter.
2021-11-19
A creature's training ability triggers only when both that creature and a creature with greater power are declared as attackers. Increasing a creature's power after attackers are declared won't cause a training ability to trigger.
2021-11-19
Parish-Blade Trainee's last ability doesn't cause you to move counters from itself to the target creature. Rather, you put the same number of each kind of counter Parish-Blade Trainee had when it died onto that creature.
2021-11-19
Parish-Blade Trainee's last ability puts all of its counters onto the target creature, not just its +1/+1 counters.
2021-11-19
If Parish-Blade Trainee has -1/-1 counters on it when it dies, the last ability will include those as well. This may result in the recipient also dying.
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