Evolving Door
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Streets of New Capenna PromosPSNC · #144p
- Card type
- Artifact
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.16 € · ★ 0.40 € · 0.16 $ · ★ 0.15 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- Green
Card text
, , Sacrifice a creature: Count the colors of the sacrificed creature, then search your library for a creature card that's exactly that many colors plus one. Exile that card, then shuffle. You may cast the exiled card. Activate only as a sorcery.
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
- Drew Baker
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2022-04-29
Flavour text
In with the old, out with the new.
Rulings
Evolving Door's ability instructs you to count the number of colors, but it doesn't track what those colors were. For example, if you sacrifice a creature that is green and no other colors, you'll search for any creature card that is exactly two colors, even if the card you search for isn't green.
If you choose to cast the spell, you must cast it as Evolving Door's ability resolves. You cannot wait and cast it later.
If you sacrifice a colorless creature, you must search your library for a creature card with exactly one color. If you sacrifice a creature that is all five colors, you won't be able to find any creatures because there are no creature cards in Magic with six colors.
You count the colors of the sacrificed creature as it last existed on the battlefield. Notably, if it was a double-faced card or a copy of another creature, that may be different from what its colors are in the graveyard.
You must pay all costs for a spell you cast this way.
