Startling Development (Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths) - Gatherer

Startling Development

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Oracle Printed

Card Name:

Startling Development

Mana Cost:

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Types:

Instant

Card Text:

Until end of turn, target creature becomes a blue Serpent with base power and toughness 4/4.

Cycling

(, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Flavor Text:

Remarkably, dinner continued with no further interruptions.

Expansion:

Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths

Rarity:

Common

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Artist:

Simon Dominic

Language:

English

Rulings

4/17/2020	Startling Development overwrites all previous effects that set the affected creatures' color, creature types, power, and/or toughness to specific values. Other effects that set these characteristics to specific values that start to apply after Startling Development resolves will overwrite that part of the effect.
4/17/2020	Effects that modify the affected creature's power or toughness without setting it will apply no matter when they started to take effect. The same is true for counters that change the creature's power or toughness.
4/17/2020	The affected creature doesn't lose any abilities when it becomes a Serpent.
4/17/2020	Because damage remains marked on a creature until the damage is removed as the turn ends, nonlethal damage dealt to the target creature may become lethal once its base toughness becomes 4.