Thought Gorger
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SetROE
Collector #129
Released2010-04-23
Rarityrare
ArtistJason Felix
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Thought Gorger

RareColour IDMV 4
Creature — Horror
Trample
When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on it for each card in your hand. If you do, discard your hand.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, draw a card for each +1/+1 counter on it.
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Keywords
Trample
Card capabilities
Card drawCreature
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
This is the only English printing.
Rulings (3)
wotc15 Jun 2010
As Thought Gorger's first ability resolves, putting a +1/+1 counter on it for each card in your hand is mandatory. The effect says "if you do" because performing that action might be impossible. If Thought Gorger has left the battlefield by the time the ability resolves, you can't put any +1/+1 counters on it, so you won't discard your hand.
wotc15 Jun 2010
When Thought Gorger's second ability resolves, its last existence on the battlefield is checked to see how many +1/+1 counters it had on it. All of them are counted, not just the ones put on it by its "enters" ability.
wotc15 Jun 2010
Once an ability starts to resolve, it's too late to respond to it. For example, you can't count a card in your hand while determining how many +1/+1 counters Thought Gorger gets and then cast it in response. If a card is counted, it'll be discarded.