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Rukh Egg

Card Name

Rukh Egg

Mana Cost

3

Type

Creature – Bird Egg

Rarity

Rare

rules Text

When Rukh Egg is put into a graveyard from play, put a 4/4 red Rukh creature token with flying into play at end of turn.

Flavor Text

Called "stonefeathers" by many lowlanders, rukhs are thought to descend from a phoenix that sacrificed its flame for a body of stone.

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pauper, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(10/4/2004)
If the Rukh Egg card is removed from the graveyard in the same turn it is put there, a Bird will still be put onto the battlefield.
(10/1/2005)
If the Egg is exiled instead of being put into the graveyard, no Bird is put onto the battlefield.
(10/1/2005)
Text-changing effects can be used to change the color of the Bird that will be put onto the battlefield.
(10/1/2005)
If the Egg is destroyed while under the control of another player, the controller of the Egg gets the Bird.