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SetMOM
Collector #242
Released2023-04-21
Rarityuncommon
ArtistFajareka Setiawan
LanguageEN
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ScryfallOpen ↗

Invasion of Xerex // Vertex Paladin

UncommonColour IDMV 4
Two-faced — transforms during play
Invasion of Xerex
Battle — Siege
(As a Siege enters, choose an opponent to protect it. You and others can attack it. When it's defeated, exile it, then cast it transformed.)
When this Siege enters, return up to one target creature to its owner's hand.
Defense 4
Vertex Paladin
Creature — Angel Knight
Flying
Vertex Paladin's power and toughness are each equal to the number of creatures you control.
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Keywords
FlyingTransform
Card capabilities
BattleCreature
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
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Other printings
This is the only English printing.
Rulings (16)
wotc14 Apr 2023
If a Siege never had defense counters on it (perhaps because a permanent became a copy of one), it can't have its last defense counter removed. It will be put into its owner's graveyard. You won't exile it or cast the other face.
wotc14 Apr 2023
Battles can't attack or block, even if one also becomes a creature. If an attacking or blocking creature somehow becomes a battle in addition to being a creature, it is removed from combat.
wotc14 Apr 2023
A battle's "defense" is displayed in the bottom right corner of the card. A battle enters the battlefield with that number of defense counters. If another permanent enters the battlefield as a copy of a battle, it also enters with that number of defense counters.
wotc14 Apr 2023
Damage dealt to a battle causes that many defense counters to be removed from it.
wotc14 Apr 2023
If a token or a card that isn't represented by a transforming double-faced card becomes a copy of a Siege, it can't be cast as its triggered ability resolves. It will remain in exile. If it's a token, it will cease to exist the next time state-based actions are performed.
wotc14 Apr 2023
If a battle has no defense counters, and it isn't the source of a triggered ability that has triggered but not yet left the stack, that battle is put into its owner's graveyard. This is a state-based action. This doesn't cause a Siege's intrinsic triggered ability to trigger.