Bushy Bodyguard
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SetBLB
Collector #166
Released2024-08-02
Rarityuncommon
ArtistAndrea Piparo
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Bushy Bodyguard

UncommonColour IDMV 2
Creature — Squirrel Warrior
Offspring (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell. If you do, when this creature enters, create a 1/1 token copy of it.)
When this creature enters, you may forage. If you do, put two +1/+1 counters on it. (To forage, exile three cards from your graveyard or sacrifice a Food.)
2 / 1
Keywords
ForageOffspring
Card capabilities
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Other printings
This is the only English printing.
Rulings (15)
wotc8 Nov 2024
Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.
wotc8 Nov 2024
Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.
wotc8 Nov 2024
You can't sacrifice a Food to pay multiple costs. For example, you can't sacrifice a Food token to activate its own ability and also to activate Maraleaf Rider's ability.
wotc26 Jul 2024
Many creatures with offspring abilities have other abilities that refer to them as "this creature" rather than referring to them by name. This difference is for clarity purposes and does not change the function of any of these abilities.
wotc26 Jul 2024
Once you announce that you're casting a spell or activating an ability, players can't take actions until you've finished doing so. Notably, opponents can't try to remove cards from your graveyard or Foods you control to stop you from foraging.
wotc26 Jul 2024
You can pay an offspring cost only once as you cast a spell with offspring. You can't try to pay it multiple times to get more token copies.