Chromanticore

bngBorn of the Gods#144mythic
{W}{U}{B}{R}{G}
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Oracle text

Enchantment Creature — Manticore

Bestow {2}{W}{U}{B}{R}{G} (If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached.)

Flying, first strike, vigilance, trample, lifelink

Enchanted creature gets +4/+4 and has flying, first strike, vigilance, trample, and lifelink.

P/T4/4
Ability breakdown
Abilities
Bestow {2}{W}{U}{B}{R}{G}Flyingfirst strikevigilancetramplelifelink
StaticEnchanted creature gets +4/+4 and has flying, first strike, vigilance, trample, and lifelink.
Rulings
  • WotCSep 15, 2013

    Auras attached to a creature don't become tapped when the creature becomes tapped. Except in some rare cases, an Aura with bestow remains untapped when it becomes unattached and becomes a creature.

  • WotCSep 15, 2013

    If a permanent with bestow enters the battlefield by any method other than being cast, it will be an enchantment creature. You can't choose to pay the bestow cost and have it become an Aura.

  • WotCSep 15, 2013

    On the stack, a spell with bestow is either a creature spell or an Aura spell. It's never both, although it's an enchantment spell in either case.

  • WotCSep 15, 2013

    Unlike other Aura spells, an Aura spell with bestow isn't countered if its target is illegal as it begins to resolve. Rather, the effect making it an Aura spell ends, it loses enchant creature, it returns to being an enchantment creature spell, and it resolves and enters the battlefield as an enchantment creature.

  • WotCSep 15, 2013

    Unlike other Auras, an Aura with bestow isn't put into its owner's graveyard if it becomes unattached. Rather, the effect making it an Aura ends, it loses enchant creature, and it remains on the battlefield as an enchantment creature. It can attack (and its {T} abilities can be activated, if it has any) on the turn it becomes unattached if it's been under your control continuously, even as an Aura, since your most recent turn began.

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commander
Legal to play
All formats
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
competitivebrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Flavor & art
Illustrated by
Min Yum
Market & price history
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Card details
Artist
Min Yum
Frame
enchantment
Language
EN
Border
black
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