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Torpor Orb

mb2Mystery Booster 2#236rare
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Treatments
Foil
Market price · TCGplayer
updated 2026-06-21
Nonfoil$4.50
Low $2.57Mid $5.85Buylist
Foil$21.22
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All finishes · 30d
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Nonfoil$4.50 -12.6%
Foil$21.22 -0.8%
Card details
Artist
Svetlin Velinov
Frame
future
Language
EN
Border
black
Security stamp
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerLegal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Oracle text

Artifact

Creatures entering don't cause abilities to trigger.

Abilities
StaticCreatures entering don't cause abilities to trigger.
Plays as
Etb Hate
Flavor & art
"Phyrexia is certainly dangerous, but I have to admire some of its innovations." —Tezzeret
Illustrated by
Svetlin Velinov
Rulings
  • 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.