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Ardyn, the Usurper

Card Name

Ardyn, the Usurper

Mana Cost

5

Type

Legendary Creature – Elder Human Noble

Rarity

Rare

rules Text

Demons you control have menace, lifelink, and haste.Starscourge — At the beginning of combat on your turn, exile up to one target creature card from a graveyard. If you exiled a card this way, create a token that's a copy of that card, except it's a 5/5 black Demon.

Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Commander, Explorer, Historic, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Standard, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Pauper

Rulings

(6/6/2025)
Except for the listed exceptions, the token copies exactly what was printed on the original card and nothing else. It doesn't copy any information about the object the card was before it was put into a graveyard.
(6/6/2025)
The token is a Demon creature instead of its other types and is black instead of its other colors. Its base power and toughness are 5/5. These are copiable values of the token that other effects may copy.
(6/6/2025)
If the copied card has
X
 in its mana cost, X is 0.
(6/6/2025)
If a card copied by the token had any "when [this permanent] enters" abilities, the token also has those abilities, and they'll trigger when it's created. Similarly, any "as [this permanent] enters" or "[this permanent] enters with" abilities that the token has copied will also work.