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Skullbriar and Phyrexian Ingester

March 7, 2016 01:36:50 PM

Andrea Sciarrotta
Judge (Level 2 (Judge Academy))

Italy and Malta

Skullbriar and Phyrexian Ingester

Hi

I've a Skullbriar, the Walking Grave with 2 +1/+1 counters and I play Phyrexian Ingester.
After the resolution of Imprint trigger my Ingester will be a 5/5 or not count counters?

Thank you

March 10, 2016 03:05:07 PM

Nathan Long
Forum Moderator
Judge (Level 2 (Judge Foundry))

USA - Southwest

Skullbriar and Phyrexian Ingester

Sorry, my previous response was incorrect. We apply the Ingester's ability in layer 7c, but we don't apply effects from counters until layer 7d. At the point when we're determining the bonus for the Ingester, we haven't gotten to the point of applying bonuses from counters. No matter how many +1/+1 counters are on Skullbriar, at the point we need to figure out the bonus for the Ingester, Skullbriar is a 1/1 creature, so the Ingester will only get +1/+1 from Skullbriar, not +3/+3, making the Ingester a 4/4 creature.

Nathan Long
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