Knights of the Black Rose (March of the Machine Commander) - Gatherer

Knights of the Black Rose

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Oracle Printed

Card Name:

Knights of the Black Rose

Mana Cost:

Mana Value:

Types:

Creature — Human Knight

Card Text:

When Knights of the Black Rose enters the battlefield, you become the monarch.

Whenever an opponent becomes the monarch, if you were the monarch as the turn began, that player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Flavor Text:

"Hail to the true queen! Long may she reign!"

P/T:

4 / 4

Expansion:

March of the Machine Commander

Rarity:

Uncommon

All Sets:

Card Number:

332

Artist:

Mark Zug

Language:

English

Rulings

8/23/2016	The last ability of Knights of the Black Rose will trigger even if the most recent monarch was another player, as long as you were monarch as the turn began.
8/23/2016	The game starts with no monarch. Once an effect makes one player the monarch, the game will have exactly one monarch from that point forward.
8/23/2016	Being the monarch carries two inherent triggered abilities. "At the beginning of the monarch's end step, that player draws a card" and "Whenever a creature deals combat damage to the monarch, its controller becomes the monarch."
8/23/2016	Abilities that trigger whenever you "become the monarch" trigger only if you aren't already the monarch. For example, if you are already the monarch as Custodi Lich enters the battlefield, its last ability won't trigger.
8/23/2016	If the triggered ability that causes the monarch to draw a card goes on the stack, and a different player becomes the monarch before that ability resolves, the first player will still draw the card.