Civilized Scholar // Homicidal Brute
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
InnistradISD · #47
- Card type
- Creature — Human Advisor
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.04 € · ★ 0.28 € · 0.10 $ · ★ 0.26 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Power
- 0
- Toughness
- 1
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
: Draw a card, then discard a card. If a creature card is discarded this way, untap this creature, then transform it.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- Michael C. Hayes
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2011-09-30
Flavour text
"Me, angry? Of course not. Thanks to my research, I'm above such petty emotions now."
Homicidal Brute
Creature — Human Mutant
At the beginning of your end step, if this creature didn't attack this turn, tap this creature, then transform it.
- Power
- 5
- Toughness
- 1
Rulings
If Civilized Scholar attacks, and later in the turn (but before the beginning of your end step), it transforms, Homicidal Brute's last ability won't trigger. This is because the creature attacked that turn, even if had its other face up at the time.
You don't have priority between untapping Civilized Scholar and transforming it. You can't activate the draw-and-discard ability again, for example.
You'll tap and transform Homicidal Brute even if it couldn't attack.