Hand of the Praetors
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SetSOM
Collector #66
Released2010-10-01
Rarityrare
ArtistIzzy
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Hand of the Praetors

RareColour IDMV 4
Creature — Phyrexian Zombie
Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)
Other creatures you control with infect get +1/+1.
Whenever you cast a creature spell with infect, target player gets a poison counter.
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Keywords
Infect
Card capabilities
Creature
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Format legality
Other printings
This is the only English printing.
Rulings (8)
wotc1 Jan 2011
Whenever you cast a creature spell with infect, Hand of the Praetors’s last ability triggers and goes on the stack on top of it. It will resolve before the creature spell does.
wotc1 Jan 2011
If damage from a source with infect that would be dealt to a player is prevented, that player doesn’t get poison counters. If damage from a source with infect that would be dealt to a creature is prevented, that creature doesn’t get -1/-1 counters.
wotc1 Jan 2011
Damage from a source with infect affects planeswalkers normally.
wotc1 Jan 2011
The last ability triggers only if Hand of the Praetors is already on the battlefield at the time you cast a creature spell with infect. Casting Hand of the Praetors itself will not cause its own last ability to trigger.
wotc1 Jan 2011
Damage from a source with infect is damage in all respects. If the source with infect also has lifelink, damage dealt by that source also causes its controller to gain that much life. Damage from a source with infect can be prevented or redirected. Abilities that trigger on damage being dealt will trigger if a source with infect deals damage, if appropriate.
wotc1 Jan 2011
Infect’s effect applies to any damage, not just combat damage.