Implement of Examination
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This printing
SetAER
Collector #156
Released2017-01-20
Raritycommon
ArtistDarek Zabrocki
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Implement of Examination

CommonColour IDMV 3
Artifact
, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.
When this artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, draw a card.
Card capabilities
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
1 other English printingEarliest 2020-11-12Newest 2020-11-12
Rulings (2)
wotc9 Feb 2017
If you activate an Implement’s first ability, you’ll draw a card from its second ability before the first ability resolves. If the first ability has a target, you need a legal target to activate that ability, and you choose that target before seeing what card you’ll draw.
wotc9 Feb 2017
An Implement’s last ability triggers no matter why it’s put into a graveyard from the battlefield. You don’t have to activate its first ability.