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Species Specialist
RareColour IDMV 4
Creature — Human Warrior
As this creature enters, choose a creature type.
Whenever a creature of the chosen type dies, you may draw a card.
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Card capabilities
Card drawCreature
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
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Other printings
1 other English printingEarliest 2026-03-02Newest 2026-03-02Cheapest priced $10.20 in SLD
Rulings (3)
wotc17 Apr 2020
If a creature of the chosen type dies at the same time as Species Specialist, its ability triggers for that creature.
wotc17 Apr 2020
You must choose an existing creature type, such as Human or Warrior. Card types such as artifact and supertypes such as legendary can’t be chosen.
wotc17 Apr 2020
If Species Specialist happens to have the chosen creature type, its ability triggers when it dies.
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