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Make Yourself Useful

Scheme

Archenemy: Nicol Bolas Schemes·oe01 #9★·Common·2017·Art by David Gaillet
StandardNot Legal
ModernNot Legal
CommanderNot Legal
LegacyNot Legal
PioneerNot Legal
VintageNot Legal
Make Yourself Useful
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Oracle Text

When you set this scheme in motion, destroy target creature an opponent controls. If a creature is destroyed this way, you gain life equal to its toughness.

"To think you've spent years honing your body only to die like this."

Print Details

Set
Archenemy: Nicol Bolas Schemes (OE01)
Number
#9★
Rarity
Common
Artist
David Gaillet
Frame
2015
Border
Black
Language
EN
Finishes
Nonfoil
USD
$2.66
EUR
€0.35

Indicative figures.

Card Knowledge

Legalities

StandardNot Legal
PioneerNot Legal
ModernNot Legal
LegacyNot Legal
VintageNot Legal
CommanderNot Legal

Rulings1

6/13/2017·wotc

If the target creature isn’t destroyed, most likely because it has indestructible, you won’t gain any life. The same is true if the target creature leaves the battlefield before this scheme’s triggered ability resolves.

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