Jumpstart 2022 (j22)
#447 • uncommon • English • Non-Foil
#447 • uncommon • English • Non-Foil
Necrotic Wound 
Instant
Undergrowth — Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.
Illustrated by Randy Vargas
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Legalities
Not Legal
Legal
historicLegal
pioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyNot Legal
Legal
vintageLegal
CommanderLegal
brawlNot Legal
Rulings
The value of X is determined only as the undergrowth ability resolves. If the number of creature cards in your graveyard changes later in the turn, the target creature is unaffected.
2018-10-05 • wotc
Necrotic Wound's replacement effect will exile the target creature if it would die this turn for any reason, not just immediately after Necrotic Wound resolves.
2018-10-05 • wotc
If you have no creature cards in your graveyard, the target creature gets -0/-0, and it will still be exiled if it would die this turn.
2018-10-05 • wotc
Creature cards with other types, such as artifact creature cards, count for undergrowth abilities.
2018-10-05 • wotc
Because tokens aren't cards, they never count for undergrowth abilities.
2018-10-05 • wotc