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Pandemonium

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Oracle Printed

Card Name:

Pandemonium

Mana Cost:

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Types:

Enchantment

Card Text:

Whenever a creature enters the battlefield, that creature's controller may have it deal damage equal to its power to any target of their choice.

Flavor Text:

"If we cannot live proudly, we die so"

—Eladamri, Lord of Leaves

Expansion:

Exodus

Rarity:

Rare

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Artist:

Pete Venters

Rulings

10/4/2004

The triggered ability does not check the creature's power until the ability resolves. If the creature is not on the battlefield when the ability resolves, it does damage equal to the power of the creature right before it left the battlefield. This means that if a creature enters the battlefield which can destroy itself as a "enters the battlefield" ability, the order of resolution of the triggered abilities does not matter.

9/25/2006

If player A controls Pandemonium when a creature enters the battlefield under player B's control, player A controls the triggered ability even though player B chooses the target and chooses whether to have the creature deal damage, which could be important if multiple abilities controlled by multiple players trigger.