Grave Birthing
Instant
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2015
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 971
- Illustrator
- Craig J Spearing
- Found in
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Plays as: Ritual · Creature Token Maker
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11 · latest Aug 25, 2015 · one tap opens all
- WotCAug 25, 2015
A card with devoid is just colorless. It's not colorless and the colors of mana in its mana cost.
- WotCAug 25, 2015
Cards with devoid use frames that are variations of the transparent frame traditionally used for Eldrazi. The top part of the card features some color over a background based on the texture of the hedrons that once imprisoned the Eldrazi. This coloration is intended to aid deckbuilding and game play.
- WotCAug 25, 2015
Devoid works in all zones, not just on the battlefield.
- WotCAug 25, 2015
Eldrazi Scions are similar to Eldrazi Spawn, seen in the Zendikar block. Note that Eldrazi Scions are 1/1, not 0/1.
- WotCAug 25, 2015
Eldrazi and Scion are each separate creature types. Anything that affects Eldrazi will affect these tokens, for example.
- WotCAug 25, 2015
If a card loses devoid, it will still be colorless. This is because effects that change an object's color (like the one created by devoid) are considered before the object loses devoid.
- WotCAug 25, 2015
Other cards and abilities can give a card with devoid color. If that happens, it's just the new color, not that color and colorless.
- WotCAug 25, 2015
Sacrificing an Eldrazi Scion creature token to add
is a mana ability. It doesn't use the stack and can't be responded to.
- WotCAug 25, 2015
Some instants and sorceries that create Eldrazi Scions require targets. If all targets for such a spell have become illegal by the time that spell tries to resolve, the spell won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won't get any Eldrazi Scions.
- WotCAug 25, 2015
The target opponent chooses which card to exile as Grave Birthing resolves.
- WotCAug 25, 2015
You can cast Grave Birthing targeting an opponent with an empty graveyard. Even though that player won't exile a card from their graveyard, you'll still get an Eldrazi Scion and draw a card.