Gyrus, Waker of Corpses magic the gathering card art
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Gyrus, Waker of Corpses
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Legendary Creature — Hydra

Gyrus enters with a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the amount of mana spent to cast it.

Whenever Gyrus attacks, you may exile target creature card with lesser power from your graveyard. If you do, create a token that's a copy of that card and that's tapped and attacking. Exile the token at end of combat.

Illustrated by Slawomir Maniak
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Legalities
Not Legal
standard
Not Legal
historic
Not Legal
pioneer
Not Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Not Legal
pauper
Legal
vintage
Legal
Commander
Not Legal
brawl
Not Legal
alchemy
Rulings
The amount of mana you spent to cast Gyrus is usually equal to its mana value, normally 3 plus the value chosen for X. However, you also include any additional costs you pay, including the commander tax.
2018-07-13wotc
If Gyrus enters the battlefield without being cast, then no mana was spent to cast it. It enters the battlefield without any +1/+1 counters. If no other effects are increasing its toughness at that time, it will be put into its owner's graveyard as a state-based action.
2018-07-13wotc
If another creature enters the battlefield as a copy of Gyrus, consider how much mana was spent to cast that creature to determine how many +1/+1 counters it enters with.
2018-07-13wotc
Gyrus's token copies exactly what was printed on the original creature card and nothing else. It doesn't copy any effects that modified it before it was put into your graveyard.
2018-07-13wotc
If the copied creature card has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
2018-07-13wotc
Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied creature card will trigger when the token enters the battlefield. Any "as [this creature card] enters the battlefield" or "[this creature card] enters the battlefield with" abilities of the chosen creature card will also work.
2018-07-13wotc
You choose which player or planeswalker the token is attacking. It doesn't have to be attacking the same player or planeswalker that Gyrus is attacking.
2018-07-13wotc
Although the token is attacking, it was never declared as an attacking creature (for the purposes of abilities that trigger whenever a creature attacks, for example).
2018-07-13wotc


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