Spiny Starfish
Creature — Starfish
Spiny Starfish
Creature — Starfish
Card Text
: Regenerate this creature.
At the beginning of each end step, if this creature regenerated this turn, create a 0/1 blue Starfish creature token for each time it regenerated this turn.
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 3
- Colors
- Blue
- Color Identity
- Blue
- Power / Toughness
- 0 / 1
- EDHREC Rank
- #23,987
Format Legalities
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Price History (30d)
All Printings (7)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Edition III (ME3) | #50 | uncommon | en | Alan Rabinowitz | — | — |
| Alliances (ALL) | #35 | uncommon | en | Alan Rabinowitz | $0.23 | — |
| Alliances (ALL) | #35 | uncommon | de | Alan Rabinowitz | — | — |
| Alliances (ALL) | #35 | uncommon | es | Alan Rabinowitz | — | — |
| Alliances (ALL) | #35 | uncommon | fr | Alan Rabinowitz | — | — |
| Alliances (ALL) | #35 | uncommon | it | Alan Rabinowitz | — | — |
| Alliances (ALL) | #35 | uncommon | pt | Alan Rabinowitz | — | — |
Official Rulings (4)
The second ability doesn’t care where the regeneration shields Spiny Starfish used that turn came from. If it regenerated due to a regeneration shield from Refresh, for example, the ability will still put a Starfish token onto the battlefield.
Spiny Starfish’s first ability creates a regeneration shield for it. Spiny Starfish’s second ability checks whether it _used_ any regeneration shields that turn, not whether any regeneration shields were created for it.
If Spiny Starfish regenerates during the end step after its second ability has resolved, no tokens will be created as a result.
The second ability has an “intervening ‘if’ clause,” so it won’t trigger at all unless Spiny Starfish had regenerated that turn. However, the number of tokens that are created isn’t determined until the ability resolves (in case it regenerates again before that time).