Broodlord
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Set40K
Collector #89
Released2022-10-07
Rarityrare
ArtistMathias Kollros
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Broodlord

RareColour IDMV 4
Creature — Tyranid
Ravenous (This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. If X is 5 or more, draw a card when it enters.)
Brood Telepathy — When this creature enters, distribute X +1/+1 counters among any number of other target creatures you control.
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Keywords
RavenousBrood Telepathy
Card capabilities
Card drawCreature
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
1 other English printingEarliest 2022-10-07Newest 2022-10-07Cheapest priced $6.06 in 40K
Rulings (6)
wotc7 Oct 2022
The triggered ability that checks to see if X is 5 or greater refers to the value of X that was chosen as the spell was cast, which may be different from the number of counters it entered with if there are replacement effects involved. This is also true for any other ability that it has which refers to X and triggers when it enters the battlefield.
wotc7 Oct 2022
If some of the creatures are illegal targets as Broodlord's triggered ability tries to resolve, the original distribution of counters still applies and the counters that would have been put on the illegal targets are lost. They won't be put instead on a legal target.
wotc7 Oct 2022
A creature with ravenous gets its counters as it enters the battlefield. It doesn't enter the battlefield first and then get its counters. Any triggered ability that looks for a creature with a certain power or toughness entering the battlefield will see the counters when it checks to see if it should trigger.
wotc7 Oct 2022
You choose how many targets Broodlord's triggered ability has and how the counters are distributed as you put the ability onto the stack. Each target must receive at least one counter.
wotc7 Oct 2022
If a permanent spell with ravenous is copied, the copy will have the same value for X, and the token permanent that the spell becomes as it enters the battlefield will enter with X counters.
wotc7 Oct 2022
If another permanent enters the battlefield as a copy of a creature with Ravenous, it will not enter with any counters from the ravenous ability.