For effects that check which player put counters on the entering creature, the player chosen to pay tribute puts those counters on it, not the creature’s controller.
Thunder Brute
If the opponent pays tribute, the creature will enter the battlefield with the specified number of +1/+1 counters on it. It won’t enter the battlefield and then have the +1/+1 counters placed on it.
Players can’t respond to the tribute decision before the creature enters the battlefield. That is, if the opponent doesn’t pay tribute, the triggered ability will trigger before any player has a chance to remove the creature.
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This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from BNG — the lineup includes Foil and 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 #113 of *Born of the Gods*, the set that shipped alongside the February 2014 Born of the Gods release.
Card type: Creature — Cyclops, color identity red, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {4}{R}{R} (6 converted). Keyword abilities: Trample and Tribute.
Legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.
EDHrec ranks this card #28,274 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Phill Simmer. Rarix catalogs 28 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Phill Simmer
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