If the Equipment doesn’t provide a toughness boost, your Germ token will have 0 toughness and die. You’ll still control the Equipment.
Grip of Phyresis
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.
Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.41. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.19 and $0.41 across 56 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from CM2 — 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 #43 of *Commander Anthology Volume II*, the set that shipped alongside the June 2018 Commander Anthology Volume II release.
Card type: Instant, color identity blue, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {2}{U} (3 converted).
Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.
EDHrec ranks this card #19,914 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Lake Hurwitz. Rarix catalogs 235 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Lake Hurwitz
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