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Hateflayer

Card Name

Hateflayer

Mana Cost

5

Type

Creature – Elemental

Rarity

Rare

rules Text

Wither (This deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters.)
2
, : Hateflayer deals damage equal to its power to target creature or player. ( is the untap symbol.)

Flavor Text

It has no safe side.

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

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

Rulings

(8/1/2008)
If the permanent is already untapped, you can't activate its ability. That's because you can't pay the "Untap this permanent" cost.
(8/1/2008)
The "summoning sickness" rule applies to . If a creature with an ability hasn't been under your control since your most recent turn began, you can't activate that ability. Ignore this rule if the creature also has haste.
(8/1/2008)
When you activate an ability, you untap the creature with that ability as a cost. The untap can't be responded to. (The actual ability can be responded to, of course.)
(8/1/2008)
Wither applies to any damage Hateflayer deals to a creature, which includes both its combat damage and damage from its activated ability.