wotc
Effects that modify the affected creature’s power or toughness without setting it will apply no matter when they started to take effect. The same is true for counters that change the creature’s power or toughness.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #350
Startling Development
j22·#350·common·nonfoil
Illus. Simon Dominic
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Dec '22
3 yr ago
Value
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Volatility · high
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NM$0.10
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #20,619 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
Instant
Until end of turn, target creature becomes a blue Serpent with base power and toughness 4/4.
Cycling {1} ({1}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Remarkably, dinner continued with no further interruptions.
Legalities
tlrlegal
duellegal
brawllegal
pennynot legal
PreDH
Rulings · 4
wotc
Startling Development overwrites all previous effects that set the affected creatures’ color, creature types, power, and/or toughness to specific values. Other effects that set these characteristics to specific values that start to apply after Startling Development resolves will overwrite that part of the effect.
wotc
The affected creature doesn’t lose any abilities when it becomes a Serpent.
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Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Simon Dominic
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