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◇ Catalog #212

Chromanticore

DIGITAL ONLY

pio·#212·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Min Yum

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Dec '24

1 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #9,421 · Niche pick

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Enchantment Creature — Manticore

Bestow {2}{W}{U}{B}{R}{G} (If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached.) Flying, first strike, vigilance, trample, lifelink Enchanted creature gets +4/+4 and has flying, first strike, vigilance, trample, and lifelink.

4/4

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 5

2013-09-15wotc

On the stack, a spell with bestow is either a creature spell or an Aura spell. It's never both, although it's an enchantment spell in either case.

2013-09-15wotc

Auras attached to a creature don't become tapped when the creature becomes tapped. Except in some rare cases, an Aura with bestow remains untapped when it becomes unattached and becomes a creature.

2013-09-15wotc

Unlike other Auras, an Aura with bestow isn't put into its owner's graveyard if it becomes unattached. Rather, the effect making it an Aura ends, it loses enchant creature, and it remains on the battlefield as an enchantment creature. It can attack (and its {T} abilities can be activated, if it has any) on the turn it becomes unattached if it's been under your control continuously, even as an Aura, since your most recent turn began.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PIO — 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 #212 of *Pioneer Masters*, the set that shipped alongside the December 2024 Pioneer Masters release.

Card type: Enchantment Creature — Manticore, color identity black/green/red/blue/white, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} (5 converted). Keyword abilities: Flying, Lifelink, Vigilance, First strike, Trample, and Bestow.

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #9,421 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Min Yum. Rarix catalogs 203 other cards credited to this artist.