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Magic: The GatheringShards of Alara#139

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Magic: The Gathering

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Shards of AlaraALA · #139

Card type: Creature — Plant Elephant
Rarity: Common
Indicative price: 0.08 € · ★ 0.18 € · 0.07 $ · ★ 0.03 $
Mana value: 5
Power: 5
Toughness: 3
Colour: Green

Card text

: Target creature with power 5 or greater gains trample until end of turn.

Format legality

CommanderLegal
DuelLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PauperLegal
PaupercommanderLegal
PennyLegal
PredhLegal
VintageLegal

Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).

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Printing information

Illustrator: Paolo Parente
Card language: English
Release date: 2008-10-03

Flavour text

Whether gargantuans are the manifested will of Progenitus or simply the result of overabundant resources is moot when a herd of them is thundering at you.

Rulings

2008-10-01

The ability checks the targeted creature’s power twice: when the creature becomes the target, and when the ability resolves. Once the ability resolves, it will continue to apply to the affected creature no matter what its power may become later in the turn.