Protean Raider
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SetPRIX
Collector #167s
Released2018-01-19
Rarityrare
ArtistIzzy
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesPromo · Reprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Protean Raider

RareColour IDMV 3
Creature — Shapeshifter Pirate
Raid — If you attacked this turn, you may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield.
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Keywords
Raid
Card capabilities
Creature
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
1 other English printingEarliest 2018-01-19Newest 2018-01-19Cheapest priced $0.74 in RIX
Rulings (8)
wotc8 Nov 2024
Raid abilities care only that you attacked with a creature. It doesn't matter how many creatures you attacked with or which player, planeswalker, or battle those creatures attacked.
wotc8 Nov 2024
Raid abilities evaluate the entire turn to see if you attacked with a creature. That creature doesn't have to still be on the battlefield. Similarly, the player, planeswalker, or battle it attacked doesn't have to still be in the game or on the battlefield.
wotc19 Jan 2018
Protean Raider copies exactly what was printed on the original creature (unless that creature is copying something else or is a token; see below). It doesn't copy whether that creature is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, or so on.
wotc19 Jan 2018
If the chosen creature is copying something else (for example, if the chosen creature is another Protean Raider), then Protean Raider enters the battlefield as whatever the chosen creature copied.
wotc19 Jan 2018
If the chosen creature has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
wotc19 Jan 2018
If Protean Raider somehow enters the battlefield at the same time as another creature, Protean Raider can't become a copy of that creature. You may choose only a creature that's already on the battlefield.