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Syndicate Heavy

Syndicate Heavy

{2}{W/B}{W/B}
Creature — Giant Rogue

Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay {W/B}. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)

At the beginning of each end step, if you gained 4 or more life this turn, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

4/4

Illustrated by Edgar Sánchez Hidalgo

Formats
Not Legalstandard
Not Legalhistoric
Not Legaltimeless
Not Legalpioneer
Not Legalmodern
Legallegacy
Not Legalpauper
Legalvintage
Not Legalpenny
Legalcommander
Legaloathbreaker
Not Legalbrawl
Not Legalalchemy

This printing

Number#47
RarityRare
ReleasedFeb 23, 2024
EDHREC rank#19,502

Prices

USD$0.34
EUR€0.39
MTGO0.16 tix
Rulings (11)
  • Clue is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some cards with other permanent types, it's never a creature type, a land type, or anything but an artifact type.

    Feb 2, 2024 · Wizards of the Coast
  • The extort ability doesn't target any player.

    Feb 2, 2024 · Wizards of the Coast
  • Some spells and abilities that investigate may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. You won't create any Clue tokens.

    Feb 2, 2024 · Wizards of the Coast
  • Some abilities trigger "whenever you sacrifice a Clue". Those abilities trigger whenever you sacrifice a Clue for any reason, not just to activate a Clue's activated ability.

    Feb 2, 2024 · Wizards of the Coast
  • If you haven't gained 4 or more life by the time an end step begins, Syndicate Heavy's last ability won't trigger at all.

    Feb 2, 2024 · Wizards of the Coast
  • You investigate just once, no matter how much life you've gained past 4.

    Feb 2, 2024 · Wizards of the Coast
  • Syndicate Heavy's last ability looks at how much life you've gained in the turn, even if it wasn't on the battlefield when you gained life. It doesn't care if you also lost life, even if you lost more life than you gained.

    Feb 2, 2024 · Wizards of the Coast
  • You can't sacrifice a Clue to pay multiple costs. For example, you can't sacrifice a Clue token to activate its own ability and also to activate Alquist Proft, Master Sleuth's ability.

    Feb 2, 2024 · Wizards of the Coast
  • The amount of life you gain from extort is based on the total amount of life lost, not necessarily the number of opponents you have. For example, if your opponent's life total can't change (perhaps because that player controls Platinum Emperion), you won't gain any life.

    Feb 2, 2024 · Wizards of the Coast
  • You may pay {W}{B} a maximum of one time for each extort triggered ability. You decide whether to pay when the ability resolves.

    Feb 2, 2024 · Wizards of the Coast
  • If an effect refers to a Clue, it means any Clue artifact, not just a Clue artifact token. For example, you can sacrifice Wrench to pay for Alquist Proft, Master Sleuth's activated ability.

    Feb 2, 2024 · Wizards of the Coast

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