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Thicket Basilisk

Card Name

Thicket Basilisk

Mana Cost

3

Type

Creature – Basilisk

Rarity

Uncommon

rules Text

Any non-wall creature blocking Basilisk is destroyed, as is any creature blocked by Basilisk. Creatures destroyed this way deal their damage before dying.

Flavor Text

Moss-covered statues littered the area, a macabre monument to the Basilisk's power.

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Modern, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(10/4/2004)
Protection from Green does not stop the Basilisk's ability because the ability is not targeted.
(10/4/2004)
The ability destroys the creature at the end of the combat, which is after all first strike and normal damage dealing is done. This means that a creature may have to regenerate twice to survive the combat, once from damage and once again at end of combat.