Benthic Biomancer
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan CommanderLCC · #145
- Card type
- Creature — Merfolk Wizard Mutant
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.37 € · 0.23 $
- Mana value
- 1
- Power
- 1
- Toughness
- 1
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
: Adapt 1. (If this creature has no +1/+1 counters on it, put a +1/+1 counter on it.) Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on this creature, draw a card, then discard a card.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- 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
- Daarken
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2023-11-17
Flavour text
"I am my life's work."
Rulings
An ability that triggers when counters are put on a permanent will trigger if that permanent somehow enters the battlefield with those counters.
If a creature somehow loses all of its +1/+1 counters, it can adapt again and get more +1/+1 counters.
You can always activate an ability that will cause a creature to adapt. As that ability resolves, if the creature has a +1/+1 counter on it for any reason, you simply won't put any +1/+1 counters on it.
You draw a card and discard a card all while Benthic Biomancer's triggered ability is resolving. Nothing can happen between the two, and no player may choose to take actions.
