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Surge Engine

broThe Brothers' War#81mythic
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Card details
Artist
Daarken
Frame
2015
Language
EN
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
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 LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Oracle text

Artifact Creature — Construct

Defender

{U}: This creature loses defender and gains "This creature can't be blocked."

{2}{U}: This creature becomes blue and has base power and toughness 5/4. Activate only if this creature doesn't have defender.

{4}{U}{U}: Draw three cards. Activate only if this creature is blue and only once.

P/T3/2
Abilities
Defender
Activated{U}: This creature loses defender and gains "This creature can't be blocked."
Activated{2}{U}: This creature becomes blue and has base power and toughness 5/4. Activate only if this creature doesn't have defender.
Activated{4}{U}{U}: Draw three cards. Activate only if this creature is blue and only once.
Plays as
Card Draw
Flavor & art
Illustrated by
Daarken
Rulings
  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    If Surge Engine loses defender in some way other than its first ability, its second ability may still be activated. Likewise, if it becomes blue in some way other than its second ability, its last ability may still be activated. Note that an effect that allows a creature to "attack as though it didn't have defender" doesn't actually cause it to lose defender.

  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    If a Surge Engine whose last ability has been activated leaves the battlefield and comes back, it's a new object on the battlefield and its last ability can be activated again (once it's blue, of course).

  • WotCOct 14, 2022

    Surge Engine's last ability can be activated only once per game, not once per turn.