“"The greatest honor is to feed Atarka."”
Formidable
Surrak, the Hunt Caller
Card Rules and Details
Card Type: Legendary Creature — Human Warrior
Mana Cost: {2}{G}{G}
Oracle Rules Text: Formidable — At the beginning of combat on your turn, if creatures you control have total power 8 or greater, target creature you control gains haste until end of turn. (It can attack and {T} no matter when it came under your control.)
Flavor Text: "The greatest honor is to feed Atarka."
Set: Foundations (#768), Rarity: Rare, Artist: Wesley Burt
Legendary
Creature
Green
Rare
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Historical Printings & Sets (1)
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Official Rulings (3)
2015-02-25
Some formidable abilities are activated abilities that require creatures you control to have total power 8 or greater. Once you activate these abilities, it doesn't matter what happens to the total power of creatures you control.
2015-02-25
Other formidable abilities are triggered abilities with an "intervening 'if'" clause. Such abilities check the total power of creatures you control twice: once at the appropriate time to see if the ability will trigger, and again as the ability tries to resolve. If, at that time, the total power of creatures you control is no longer 8 or greater, the ability will have no effect.
2015-02-25
If you control a creature with power less than 0, use its actual power when calculating the total power of creatures you control. For example, if you control three creatures with powers 4, 5, and -2, the total power of creatures you control is 7.
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