Primal Empathy
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This printing
SetIKO
Collector #200
Released2020-04-24
Rarityuncommon
ArtistMicah Epstein
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Primal Empathy

UncommonColour IDMV 3
Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, draw a card if you control a creature with the greatest power among creatures on the battlefield. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on a creature you control.
Card capabilities
Card drawEnchantment
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
2 other English printingsEarliest 2021-04-23Newest 2022-04-29Cheapest priced $0.26 in C21
Rulings (4)
wotc17 Apr 2020
If you don't control a creature with the greatest power, you choose which creature gets a +1/+1 counter while the ability is resolving. Players can't take actions in between the time you make this choice and the time that creature has a +1/+1 counter.
wotc17 Apr 2020
If the greatest power among creatures on the battlefield is shared by a creature you control and a creature you don't control, you draw a card.
wotc17 Apr 2020
If you control no creatures, you do nothing as Primal Empathy's ability resolves. If there are no creatures on the battlefield at all, you don't draw a card.
wotc17 Apr 2020
You determine whether you draw a card or put a +1/+1 counter only as Primal Empathy's triggered ability begins resolving. Players may respond to the ability to try to change which happens.