Starting Town NPC
MB2Mystery Booster 2/#585/2024Rare
Colour IDMV 3
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Gameplay and rules
Creature — Human Peasant
Each creature card in your hand has a Adventure sorcery named Fetch Herbs with "You gain 2 life." (You may cast it as the Adventure for . Then exile it, and you may cast the creature later from exile.)
Each creature card you cast from exile enters the battlefield with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.
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Card capabilities
CreatureLife gain
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
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Rulings (9)
wotc8 Nov 2024
If a spell is cast as an Adventure, its controller exiles it instead of putting it into its owner’s graveyard as it resolves. For as long as it remains exiled, that player may cast it as a permanent spell. If an Adventure spell leaves the stack in any way other than resolving (most likely by being countered), that card won’t be exiled and the spell’s controller won’t be able to cast it as a permanent later.
wotc8 Nov 2024
For many playtest cards, you’ll need to make a generous assumption that basic game rules would be updated to allow them to work. The Mystery Booster 2 Playtest Card Notes section (reproduced here in individual Gatherer rulings) provides guidance for fitting these cards into the existing rules structure.
wotc8 Nov 2024
If Starting Town NPC leaves the battlefield while one or more creature cards you own are exiled after they’re sent to Fetch Herbs, those creature cards can still be cast from exile. Similarly, if Starting Town NPC leaves the battlefield while Fetch Herbs is on the stack, that card will still be exiled after the spell resolves, and you’ll still be able to cast it later from exile.
wotc8 Nov 2024
Casting a card as an Adventure isn’t casting it for an alternative cost. Effects that allow you to cast a spell for an alternative cost or without paying its mana cost may allow you to apply those to the Adventure.
wotc8 Nov 2024
When casting a spell as an Adventure, use the alternative characteristics and ignore all of the card’s normal characteristics. The spell’s color, mana cost, mana value, and so on are determined by only those alternative characteristics. If the spell leaves the stack, it immediately resumes using its normal characteristics.
wotc8 Nov 2024
Playtest cards use a modified version of game symbols, such as {T} and {W}. These modified symbols should be treated as the standard symbols during play.
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About this card
Starting Town NPC
Starting Town NPC is a Creature — Human Peasant, with mana cost {2}{G} (mana value 3).
Format legality: Commander: not_legal, Modern: not_legal, Standard: not_legal, Pioneer: not_legal, Legacy: not_legal, Pauper: not_legal.
Current headline price on TCGplayer: $0.25 (up 0.0% over 30 days).
Frequently asked
Starting Town NPC FAQ
How much is Starting Town NPC worth?
The current TCGplayer USD retail price for Starting Town NPC is $0.25. It is up 0.0% over the last 30 days. Over 90 days it has ranged from $0.23 to $0.25.
What is the cheapest printing of Starting Town NPC?
The cheapest currently priced paper printing is from Mystery Booster 2 at $0.25 on TCGplayer.
What set was Starting Town NPC first printed in?
The earliest English paper printing that MTGPrices tracks is from MB2 #585, released 2024-08-02.
Is Starting Town NPC legal in Commander?
Starting Town NPC is not currently legal in Commander per Scryfall's legality feed.
Is Starting Town NPC legal in Modern?
Starting Town NPC is not currently legal in Modern per Scryfall's legality feed.
Is Starting Town NPC legal in Standard?
Starting Town NPC is not currently legal in Standard per Scryfall's legality feed.
What does Starting Town NPC do?
Starting Town NPC is a Creature — Human Peasant with mana cost {2}{G}. Its Oracle text reads: "Each creature card in your hand has a {1}{G} Adventure sorcery named Fetch Herbs with "You gain 2 life." (You may cast it as the Adventure for {1}{G}. Then exile it, and you may cast the creature later from exile.) Each creature card you cast from exile enters the battlefield with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.".