Manticore Eternal
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Hour of DevastationHOU · #103
- Card type
- Creature — Zombie Manticore
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.05 € · ★ 0.20 € · 0.19 $ · ★ 0.31 $
- Mana value
- 5
- Power
- 5
- Toughness
- 4
- Colour
- Red
Card text
Afflict 3 (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, defending player loses 3 life.) This creature attacks each combat if able.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PioneerLegal
- 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
- Yeong-Hao Han
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2017-07-14
Flavour text
While most Eternals were initiates who completed the trials, Bolas had plans for some of Amonkhet's other denizens.
Rulings
Afflict causes the defending player to lose life; it's not damage or combat damage.
Afflict resolves before combat damage is dealt. If this loss of life brings a player to 0 life or less, that player loses the game immediately. A blocking creature with lifelink won't deal combat damage in time to save that player.
If multiple creatures block a creature with afflict, afflict triggers only once.
If, during your declare attackers step, Manticore Eternal is tapped or is affected by a spell or ability that says it can't attack, then it doesn't attack. If there's a cost associated with having it attack, you aren't forced to pay that cost, so it doesn't have to attack in that case either.
If a creature is attacking a planeswalker, that planeswalker's controller is the defending player. If a creature is attacking a battle, that battle's protector is the defending player.