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Archelos, Lagoon Mystic

Card Name

Archelos, Lagoon Mystic

Mana Cost

1

Type

Legendary Creature – Turtle Shaman

Rarity

Rare

rules Text

As long as Archelos, Lagoon Mystic is tapped, other permanents enter the battlefield tapped.As long as Archelos is untapped, other permanents enter the battlefield untapped.

Flavor Text

"Life . . . is not . . . a race."

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

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

Rulings

(11/10/2020)
Archelos's abilities don't apply to itself as it enters the battlefield, nor do they apply to any permanents entering the battlefield at the same time.
(11/10/2020)
If another replacement effect says that a permanent enters the battlefield tapped while Archelos is untapped, the entering permanent's controller chooses whether the permanent enters tapped or untapped. If a permanent is simply put onto the battlefield tapped without a replacement effect being applied, it always enters untapped if Archelos is untapped.
(11/10/2020)
If more than one Archelos is on the battlefield, the controller of an entering permanent chooses how to order the replacement effects.