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If the Equipment doesn’t provide a toughness boost, your Germ token will have 0 toughness and die. You’ll still control the Equipment.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #9
Grip of Phyresis
c16·#9·uncommon·nonfoil
Illus. Lake Hurwitz
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Nov '16
9 yr ago
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Volatility · stable
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #19,869 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
Instant
Gain control of target Equipment, then create a 0/0 black Phyrexian Germ creature token and attach that Equipment to it.
"Even your blade knows who will triumph here."
—Atraxa, Praetors' Voice
Legalities
tlrlegal
duellegal
brawlnot legal
pennynot legal
PreDHnot legal
Rulings · 2
wotc
The Germ token exists on the battlefield as a 0/0 for a brief moment before the Equipment becomes attached to it. Abilities that trigger when a creature enters the battlefield will trigger based on its natural characteristics, not the characteristics it has immediately after becoming equipped.
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