Other formidable abilities are triggered abilities with an “intervening ‘if’” clause. Such abilities check the total power of creatures you control twice: once at the appropriate time to see if the ability will trigger, and again as the ability tries to resolve. If, at that time, the total power of creatures you control is no longer 8 or greater, the ability will have no effect.
If you control a creature with power less than 0, use its actual power when calculating the total power of creatures you control. For example, if you control three creatures with powers 4, 5, and -2, the total power of creatures you control is 7.
Some formidable abilities are activated abilities that require creatures you control to have total power 8 or greater. Once you activate these abilities, it doesn’t matter what happens to the total power of creatures you control.
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 #350 of *Pioneer Masters*, the set that shipped alongside the December 2024 Pioneer Masters release.
Card type: Creature — Elk, color identity green, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {3}{G}{G} (5 converted). Keyword abilities: Formidable.
Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.
EDHrec ranks this card #21,195 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Carl Frank. Rarix catalogs 53 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Carl Frank
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