Startling Development
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SetJ22
Collector #350
Released2022-12-02
Raritycommon
ArtistSimon Dominic
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesReprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Startling Development

CommonColour IDMV 2
Instant
Until end of turn, target creature becomes a blue Serpent with base power and toughness 4/4.
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Keywords
Cycling
Card capabilities
Card drawInstant
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
1 other English printingEarliest 2020-04-24Newest 2020-04-24Cheapest priced $0.18 in IKO
Rulings (4)
wotc17 Apr 2020
The affected creature doesn’t lose any abilities when it becomes a Serpent.
wotc17 Apr 2020
Because damage remains marked on a creature until the damage is removed as the turn ends, nonlethal damage dealt to the target creature may become lethal once its base toughness becomes 4.
wotc17 Apr 2020
Effects that modify the affected creature’s power or toughness without setting it will apply no matter when they started to take effect. The same is true for counters that change the creature’s power or toughness.
wotc17 Apr 2020
Startling Development overwrites all previous effects that set the affected creatures’ color, creature types, power, and/or toughness to specific values. Other effects that set these characteristics to specific values that start to apply after Startling Development resolves will overwrite that part of the effect.