Thought Sponge
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SetC19
Collector #12
Released2019-08-23
Rarityrare
ArtistJason Kang
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Thought Sponge

RareColour IDMV 4
Creature — Sponge
Flash
This creature enters with a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the greatest number of cards an opponent has drawn this turn.
When this creature dies, draw cards equal to its power.
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Keywords
Flash
Card capabilities
Card drawCreature
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
This is the only English printing.
Rulings (4)
wotc23 Aug 2019
Thought Sponge checks the total number of cards drawn by each opponent, not how many were drawn due to a single instruction.
wotc23 Aug 2019
Thought Sponge checks how many cards were drawn by opponents this turn, even opponents who have left the game. The greatest number drawn by a single opponent is how many +1/+1 counters it enters with.
wotc23 Aug 2019
Thought Sponge gets its +1/+1 counters at the moment it enters the battlefield. There's not a time that it's on the battlefield before its replacement effect has applied.
wotc23 Aug 2019
Use Thought Sponge's power as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how many cards to draw for its last ability. If that number is negative, you neither draw nor discard cards.