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Torpor Orb

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Artifact

BIGThe Big Score#27mythic

"Devour the hope of a world and it will bow before you." —Fomori inscription

Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Pull rate
~1 in 163–170
Illustrator
Robin Olausson
Found in
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Play Booster Pack · Outlaws of Thunder Junction Collector Booster Pack
Printings6Combos56EDHREC rank#3,437
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardLegal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
Creatures entering don't cause abilities to trigger.
Plays as:
ETB Hate
Market · per finishspark updated 10m ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Nonfoil+1.1%
$4.78
$2.58 low-$1.37 gapTCGplayer
Foil-24.4%
$7.95
$4.50 low-$2.10 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$4.31· across 6 printings· view the cheapest printing ›

Rulings

7 · latest Apr 12, 2024
  • WotCApr 12, 2024

    Abilities that apply "as [this creature] enters the battlefield," including many abilities that ask a creature's controller to choose a color or creature type, are unaffected.

  • WotCApr 12, 2024

    If Torpor Orb and a creature enter the battlefield at the same time, that creature entering the battlefield won't cause triggered abilities to trigger.

  • WotCApr 12, 2024

    Look at the permanent as it exists on the battlefield, taking into account continuous effects, to determine whether any triggered abilities will trigger. For example, if you control March of the Machines, which says, in part, "Each noncreature artifact is an artifact creature," each artifact will be a creature at the time it enters the battlefield and will not cause triggered abilities to trigger.

  • WotCApr 12, 2024

    Replacement effects are unaffected by Torpor Orb's ability. For example, a creature that enters the battlefield with one +1/+1 counter on it will still receive a +1/+1 counter.

  • WotCApr 12, 2024

    The trigger event doesn't have to specify "creatures" entering the battlefield. For example, Captain Storm, Cosmium Raider from the Lost Caverns of Ixalan release has an ability that says "Whenever an artifact enters the battlefield under your control, put a +1/+1 counter on target Pirate you control." If an artifact creature enters the battlefield under your control, that ability won't trigger. If a noncreature artifact enters the battlefield under your control, the ability will trigger.

  • WotCApr 12, 2024

    Torpor Orb stops a creature's own enters-the-battlefield triggered abilities as well as other triggered abilities that would trigger when a creature enters the battlefield.

  • WotCApr 12, 2024

    Triggered abilities use the word "when," "whenever," or "at." They're often written as "[Trigger condition], [effect]." Some keyword abilities are triggered abilities and will have "when," "whenever," or "at the beginning of" in their reminder text.