Deathtouch
Tainted Adversary
Card Rules and Details
Card Type: Creature — Zombie
Mana Cost: {1}{B}
Oracle Rules Text: Deathtouch When this creature enters, you may pay {2}{B} any number of times. When you pay this cost one or more times, put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature, then create twice that many 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens with decayed. (A creature with decayed can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.)
Set: Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (#124), Rarity: Mythic, Artist: Tuan Duong Chu
Creature
Black
Mythic
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Official Rulings (5)
2021-09-24
After you pay the {2}{B} cost one or more times, a second ability triggers. Players may respond to the new ability at that point. As that ability resolves, Tainted Adversary gets its counters and the tokens are created.
2021-09-24
Decayed represents a static ability and a triggered ability. "Decayed" means "This creature can't block" and "When this creature attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat."
2021-09-24
Once a creature with decayed attacks, it will be sacrificed at end of combat, even if it no longer has decayed at that time.
2021-09-24
Decayed does not create any attacking requirements. You may choose not to attack with a creature that has decayed.
2021-09-24
Decayed does not grant haste. Creatures with decayed that enter the battlefield during your turn may not attack until your next turn.
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