After you pay the {2}{B} cost one or more times, a second ability triggers. Players may respond to the new ability at that point. As that ability resolves, Tainted Adversary gets its counters and the tokens are created.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #124
Tainted Adversary
mid·#124·mythic·foil
Illus. Tuan Duong Chu
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Sep '21
4 yr ago
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Volatility · stable
Tracking since · May 5, 2026
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #10,834 · Fringe play
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Gameplay
Creature — Zombie
Deathtouch
When this creature enters, you may pay {2}{B} any number of times. When you pay this cost one or more times, put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature, then create twice that many 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens with decayed. (A creature with decayed can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.)
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Legalities
tlrlegal
duellegal
brawllegal
pennylegal
PreDH
Rulings · 5
wotc
wotc
Decayed represents a static ability and a triggered ability. "Decayed" means "This creature can't block" and "When this creature attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat."
wotc
Once a creature with decayed attacks, it will be sacrificed at end of combat, even if it no longer has decayed at that time.
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