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◇ Catalog #98027

Spring-Leaf Avenger

DIGITAL ONLY

prm·#98027·rare·foil

Illus. Wisnu Tan

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Jul '22

4 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #7,370 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$0.03

Nonfoil$0.03

Gameplay

Creature — Insect Ninja

Ninjutsu {3}{G} ({3}{G}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.) Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.

6/5

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 7

2022-02-18wotc

Although the Ninja is attacking, it was never declared as an attacking creature (for purposes of abilities that trigger whenever a creature attacks, for example).

2022-02-18wotc

If a creature in combat has first strike or double strike, you can activate the ninjutsu ability during the first-strike combat damage step. The Ninja will deal combat damage during the regular combat damage step, even if it has first strike.

2022-02-18wotc

The ninjutsu ability can be activated during the declare blockers step, combat damage step, or end of combat step. In most cases (see below), if you wait until the combatdamage step or end of combat step, it will be after combat damage has been dealt, so the Ninja won't deal combat damage.

Context

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from PRM — the lineup includes Foil and 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 #98027 of *Magic Online Promos*, the promotional run that shipped alongside the July 2022 Magic Online release.

Card type: Creature — Insect Ninja, color identity green, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {3}{G}{G} (5 converted). Keyword abilities: Ninjutsu.

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

EDHrec ranks this card #7,370 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Wisnu Tan. Rarix catalogs 238 other cards credited to this artist.