If you activate the ability of an attacking or blocking Triskelion during the declare blockers step, it will deal less combat damage as a result. If you wait until the combat damage step, but Triskelion is dealt lethal damage, it’ll be destroyed before you get a chance to activate its ability.
If Triskelion has damage marked on it, activating its ability may cause that damage to become lethal. For example, say a Triskelion with two +1/+1 counters on it has been dealt 2 damage earlier in the turn. If you activate its ability by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, it now has 2 toughness and is destroyed as a state-based action. You won’t be able to remove the other +1/+1 counter from it to activate its ability again. The first activation of the ability will still resolve.
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This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from 4BB — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
Card #354 of *Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border*, the set that shipped alongside the April 1995 Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border release.
Card type: Artifact Creature — Construct, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {6} (6 converted).
Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.
EDHrec ranks this card #4,613 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Douglas Shuler. Rarix catalogs 707 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Douglas Shuler
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