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Exemplar of Light

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{2}{W}{W}
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Card details
Artist
Ekaterina Burmak
Frame
2015
Language
EN
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Format legality
AlchemyLegal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardLegal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Oracle text

Creature — Angel

Flying

Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Whenever you put one or more +1/+1 counters on this creature, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.

P/T3/3
Abilities
Flying
TriggeredWhenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
TriggeredWhenever you put one or more +1/+1 counters on this creature, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Plays as
Card DrawCounter PayoffLifegain Payoff
Flavor & art
Illustrated by
Ekaterina Burmak
Rulings
  • WotCNov 8, 2024

    Each creature with lifelink dealing combat damage causes a separate life-gaining event. For example, if two creatures you control with lifelink deal combat damage at the same time, Exemplar of Light's second ability will trigger twice. However, if a single creature you control with lifelink deals combat damage to multiple creatures, players, planeswalkers, and/or battles at the same time (perhaps because it has trample or was blocked by more than one creature), the ability will trigger only once.

  • WotCNov 8, 2024

    Exemplar of Light's last ability triggers whenever you put one or more +1/+1 counters on it for any reason, not just as a result of its second ability.

  • WotCNov 8, 2024

    Exemplar of Light's second ability triggers just once for each life-gaining event, whether it's 1 life from Dazzling Angel or 4 life from Apothecary Stomper.

  • WotCNov 8, 2024

    If Exemplar of Light is dealt lethal damage at the same time that you gain life, it won't receive a counter from its second ability in time to save it.

  • WotCNov 8, 2024

    If you gain an amount of life "for each" of something or "equal to the number" of something, that life is gained as one event and Exemplar of Light's second ability triggers only once.

  • WotCNov 8, 2024

    In a Two-Headed Giant game, life gained by your teammate won't cause Exemplar of Light's second ability to trigger, even though it caused your team's life total to increase.