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Favored Hoplite

Card Name

Favored Hoplite

Mana Cost

Type

Creature – Human Soldier

Rarity

Uncommon

rules Text

Heroic — Whenever you cast a spell that targets Favored Hoplite, put a +1/+1 counter on Favored Hoplite and prevent all damage that would be dealt to it this turn.

Legal Formats

Commander, Historic, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Pauper, Standard

Rulings

(9/15/2013)
Heroic abilities will resolve before the spell that caused them to trigger.
(9/15/2013)
Heroic abilities will trigger only once per spell, even if that spell targets the creature with the heroic ability multiple times.
(9/15/2013)
Heroic abilities won't trigger when a copy of a spell is created on the stack or when a spell's targets are changed to include a creature with a heroic ability.