Berg Strider

khmKaldheim#47common
{4}{U}
Legal in 14 of 23 formats
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Card text & rulings

Oracle text

Snow Creature — Giant Wizard

When this creature enters, tap target artifact or creature an opponent controls. If {S} was spent to cast this spell, that permanent doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step. ({S} is mana from a snow source.)

P/T4/4
Ability breakdown
Abilities
TriggeredWhen this creature enters, tap target artifact or creature an opponent controls. If {S} was spent to cast this spell, that permanent doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step. ({S} is mana from a snow source.)
Rulings
  • WotCFeb 5, 2021

    If Berg Strider enters the battlefield without being cast, no mana was spent to cast it. The enters-the-battlefield ability may still tap the target, but that permanent won’t be stopped from untapping during its controller’s next untap step.

  • WotCFeb 5, 2021

    Similarly, if an effect copies the creature spell that becomes Berg Strider, no mana was spent to cast the copy. The target won’t be stopped from untapping during its controller’s next untap step.

  • WotCFeb 5, 2021

    Snow is a supertype, not a card type. It has no rules meaning or function by itself, but spells and abilities may refer to it.

  • WotCFeb 5, 2021

    Snow isn’t a type of mana. If an effect says you may spend mana as though it were any type, you can’t pay for {S} using mana that wasn’t produced by a snow source.

  • WotCFeb 5, 2021

    Some cards have additional effects for each {S} spent to cast them. You can cast these spells even if you don’t spend any snow mana to cast them; their additional effects simply won’t do anything.

  • WotCFeb 5, 2021

    Spending more than one snow mana to cast Berg Strider won’t cause the artifact or creature to remain tapped for additional turns.

  • WotCFeb 5, 2021

    The Kaldheim set doesn’t have any cards with mana costs that include {S}, but some previous sets do. If an effect says such a spell costs {1} less to cast, that reduction doesn’t apply to any {S} costs. This is also true for activated abilities that include {S} in their activation costs and effects that reduce those costs.

  • WotCFeb 5, 2021

    The enters-the-battlefield ability can target an artifact or creature an opponent controls that’s already tapped. If snow mana was spent to cast Berg Strider, the target won’t untap during its controller’s next untap step.

  • WotCFeb 5, 2021

    The {S} symbol is a generic mana symbol. It represents a cost that can be paid by one mana that was produced by a snow source. That mana can be any color or colorless.

Deck role

Plays as
Pacifism

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Format legality

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
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyNot legal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Market & price history
Flavor & art
Illustrated by
Filip Burburan
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Card details
Artist
Filip Burburan
Frame
snow
Language
EN
Border
black
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