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Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle

Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC)

{2}{G}{U}

Legendary Creature — Kraken

Arixmethes enters tapped with five slumber counters on it. As long as Arixmethes has a slumber counter on it, it's a land. (It's not a creature.) Whenever you cast a spell, you may remove a slumber counter from Arixmethes. {T}: Add {G}{U}.
Plays as
Mana Fixer
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal

Used in 52 known combosEDHREC #1,996

Versions

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Rulings

7 · latest Aug 7, 2020
  • WotCAug 7, 2020

    Arixmethes can tap for mana the turn it enters the battlefield as long as it has slumber counters on it. If you can figure out how to untap it, that is.

  • WotCAug 7, 2020

    Arixmethes can't be played as a land.

  • WotCAug 7, 2020

    Arixmethes isn't a land until after it has entered the battlefield. Effects such as that of Blood Moon won't affect its enters-the-battlefield ability. Similarly, replacement effects that modify how creatures you control enter the battlefield will see Arixmethes entering as a creature rather than a land. However, triggered abilities (such as landfall abilities) will see that a land has entered the battlefield and not a creature.

  • WotCAug 7, 2020

    Arixmethes's effect causing it to be a land overwrites any earlier effects that gave it additional types. For example, a Phyrexian Metamorph that copies Arixmethes will be a land, not an artifact land, until its slumber counters are removed.

  • WotCAug 7, 2020

    Arixmethes's triggered ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger, but after targets have been chosen for that spell. It resolves even if that spell is countered.

  • WotCAug 7, 2020

    Once Arixmethes is a creature again, it can attack on the same turn as long as you've controlled it since your most recent turn began.

  • WotCAug 7, 2020

    While Arixmethes is a land, it's still green and blue, it's still legendary, and its mana value is still 4.