Barrenton Medic
Click the card to switch sides
Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
ShadowmoorSHM · #4
- Card type
- Creature — Kithkin Cleric
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.19 € · ★ 1.75 € · 0.25 $ · ★ 5.06 $
- Mana value
- 5
- Power
- 0
- Toughness
- 4
- Colour
- White
Card text
: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn. Put a -1/-1 counter on this creature: Untap this creature.
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).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Trevor Hairsine
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2008-05-02
Flavour text
His dreams are filled with noxious powders and clinking vials.
Rulings
You put the -1/-1 counter on Barrenton Medic as a cost. That means it happens when you activate the ability, not when it resolves. If paying the cost causes the creature to have 0 toughness, it’s put into the graveyard before you can untap it and before you can even pay the cost again.