Surge Engine
Artifact Creature — Construct
PBROThe Brothers' War Promos#81smythic
- Promo
- Prerelease
- Finishes
- Foil
- Border
- black
- Security stamp
- oval
- Frame
- 2015
- Pull rate
- ~1 in 149
- Illustrator
- Daarken
- Found in
- The Brothers' War Prerelease Pack Mishras Burnished Banner · The Brothers' War Prerelease Pack Urzas Iron Alliance
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
Constructed
StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal
Commander
CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
Arena
AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal
Other
PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
Defender
: This creature loses defender and gains "This creature can't be blocked."
: This creature becomes blue and has base power and toughness 5/4. Activate only if this creature doesn't have defender.
: Draw three cards. Activate only if this creature is blue and only once.
3/2: This creature loses defender and gains "This creature can't be blocked."
: This creature becomes blue and has base power and toughness 5/4. Activate only if this creature doesn't have defender.
: Draw three cards. Activate only if this creature is blue and only once.Defender
Plays as:
Card Draw
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Rulings
3 · latest Oct 14, 2022
- 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.