Card

Grave Birthing

Instant


Devoid (This card has no color.)
Target opponent exiles a card from his or her graveyard. You create a 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature token. It has "Sacrifice this creature: Add to your mana pool."
Draw a card.


  Battle for Zendikar (BFZ)
#93, Common

Illustrated by: Craig J Spearing
Multiverse ID: 401900

Not Legal Alchemy BO1
Not Legal Standard BO1
Not Legal Brawl
Not Legal Explorer BO1
Not Legal Historic BO1
Not Legal Historic Brawl
Not Legal Traditional Standard
Not Legal Timeless BO1
Not Legal Traditional Alchemy
Not Legal Traditional Explorer
Not Legal Traditional Historic
Not Legal Traditional Timeless

Rulings

  • 2015-08-25
    You can cast Grave Birthing targeting an opponent with an empty graveyard. Even though that player won't exile a card from his or her graveyard, you'll still get an Eldrazi Scion and draw a card.
  • 2015-08-25
    Some instants and sorceries that create Eldrazi Scions require targets. If all targets for such a spell have become illegal by the time that spell tries to resolve, the spell will be countered and none of its effects will happen. You won't get any Eldrazi Scions.
  • 2015-08-25
    Sacrificing an Eldrazi Scion creature token to add to your mana pool is a mana ability. It doesn't use the stack and can't be responded to.
  • 2015-08-25
    Eldrazi and Scion are each separate creature types. Anything that affects Eldrazi will affect these tokens, for example.
  • 2015-08-25
    Eldrazi Scions are similar to Eldrazi Spawn, seen in the Zendikar block. Note that Eldrazi Scions are 1/1, not 0/1.
  • 2015-08-25
    If a card loses devoid, it will still be colorless. This is because effects that change an object's color (like the one created by devoid) are considered before the object loses devoid.
  • 2015-08-25
    Devoid works in all zones, not just on the battlefield.
  • 2015-08-25
    Other cards and abilities can give a card with devoid color. If that happens, it's just the new color, not that color and colorless.
  • 2015-08-25
    A card with devoid is just colorless. It's not colorless and the colors of mana in its mana cost.
  • 2015-08-25
    Cards with devoid use frames that are variations of the transparent frame traditionally used for Eldrazi. The top part of the card features some color over a background based on the texture of the hedrons that once imprisoned the Eldrazi. This coloration is intended to aid deckbuilding and game play.
  • 2015-08-25
    The target opponent chooses which card to exile as Grave Birthing resolves.
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