The Akroan War
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SetPTHB
Collector #124s
Released2020-01-24
Rarityrare
ArtistSteven Belledin
LanguageEN
Layoutsaga
AttributesPromo · Reprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

The Akroan War

RareColour IDMV 4
Enchantment — Saga
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Gain control of target creature for as long as this Saga remains on the battlefield.
II — Until your next turn, creatures your opponents control attack each combat if able.
III — Each tapped creature deals damage to itself equal to its power.
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Enchantment
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
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Other printings
3 other English printingsEarliest 2020-01-24Newest 2022-06-10Cheapest priced $0.25 in PTHB
Rulings (11)
wotc24 Jan 2020
If The Akroan War leaves the battlefield before its first ability resolves, you won't gain control of the creature at all.
wotc24 Jan 2020
As a Saga enters the battlefield, its controller puts a lore counter on it. As your precombat main phase begins (immediately after your draw step), you put another lore counter on each Saga you control. Putting a lore counter on a Saga in either of these ways doesn't use the stack.
wotc24 Jan 2020
Removing lore counters won't cause a previous chapter ability to trigger. If lore counters are removed from a Saga, the appropriate chapter abilities will trigger again when the Saga receives lore counters.
wotc24 Jan 2020
Once the number of lore counters on a Saga is greater than or equal to the greatest number among its chapter abilities, the Saga's controller sacrifices it as soon as its chapter ability has left the stack, most likely by resolving or being countered. This state-based action doesn't use the stack.
wotc24 Jan 2020
Because a Saga isn't sacrificed until after its last ability has resolved, you still control the creature you took with The Akroan War's first ability while the last ability is resolving.
wotc24 Jan 2020
If multiple chapter abilities trigger at the same time, their controller puts them on the stack in any order. If any of them require targets, those targets are chosen as you put the abilities on the stack, before any of those abilities resolve.