Acolyte of the Inferno
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SetORI
Collector #128
Released2015-07-17
Rarityuncommon
ArtistJoseph Meehan
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Acolyte of the Inferno

UncommonColour IDMV 3
Creature — Human Monk
Renown 1 (When this creature deals combat damage to a player, if it isn't renowned, put a +1/+1 counter on it and it becomes renowned.)
Whenever this creature becomes blocked by a creature, it deals 2 damage to that creature.
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This is the only English printing.
Rulings (5)
wotc22 Jun 2015
Acolyte of the Inferno's last ability will trigger once for each creature that blocks it. Each of those creatures will be dealt 2 damage.
wotc22 Jun 2015
Renown won't trigger when a creature deals combat damage to a planeswalker or another creature. It also won't trigger when a creature deals noncombat damage to a player.
wotc22 Jun 2015
If a creature with renown deals combat damage to its controller because that damage was redirected, renown will trigger.
wotc22 Jun 2015
If a renown ability triggers, but the creature leaves the battlefield before that ability resolves, the creature doesn't become renowned. Any ability that triggers "whenever a creature becomes renowned" won't trigger.
wotc22 Jun 2015
Acolyte of the Inferno's last ability triggers and resolves before combat damage is dealt. If that causes each creature blocking Acolyte of the Inferno to be destroyed, Acolyte of the Inferno will remain blocked and neither deal nor be dealt combat damage.