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Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror
RareColour IDMV 2
Two-faced — transforms during play
Thing in the Ice
Creature — Horror
Defender
This creature enters with four ice counters on it.
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, remove an ice counter from this creature. Then if it has no ice counters on it, transform it.
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Awoken Horror
Creature — Kraken Horror
When this creature transforms into Awoken Horror, return all non-Horror creatures to their owners' hands.
7 / 8
Keywords
TransformDefender
Card capabilities
Creature
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Primary formats
Eternal formats
Other printings
5 other English printingsEarliest 2016-04-08Newest 2025-01-24Cheapest priced $0.52 in INR
Rulings (3)
wotc24 Jan 2025
When Thing in the Ice’s triggered ability transforms it, Awoken Horror’s ability will trigger and resolve before the spell that caused Thing in the Ice’s last ability to trigger.
wotc24 Jan 2025
An ability that triggers when a player casts a spell resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered or otherwise leaves the stack without resolving.
wotc24 Jan 2025
Removing all ice counters from Thing in the Ice some other way will not cause it to transform. You’ll need to cast an instant or sorcery spell and cause its last ability to trigger.
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