Ramos's triggered ability doesn't trigger until you've finished casting a spell, including paying all of its costs. If Ramos has fewer than five +1/+1 counters on it, there's no way to add counters with a spell and pay for that spell with the newly-added counters.
If you cast a colorless spell, Ramos's triggered ability triggers, but it won't get any +1/+1 counters.
Ramos's triggered ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. The ability will resolve even if that spell is countered or otherwise leaves the stack without resolving. In that case, use its last known information to determine what colors it was.
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This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from BRR — 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 #47 of *The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts*, the set that shipped alongside the November 2022 The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts release.
Card type: Legendary Artifact Creature — Dragon, color identity black/green/red/blue/white, printed at mythic. Mythic rares historically land in roughly one out of every eight boosters at standard print densities. Mana cost: {6} (6 converted). Keyword abilities: Flying.
Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.
EDHrec ranks this card #3,062 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Joseph Meehan. Rarix catalogs 303 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Joseph Meehan
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Ramos's triggered ability counts the number of colors a spell has (from zero to five), not how many colored mana symbols are there in its mana cost or how many colors of mana you spent.
