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Lurking Arynx

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Card Name:

Lurking Arynx

Mana Cost:

Mana Value:

Types:

Creature — Cat Beast

Card Text:

Formidable —

: Target creature blocks Lurking Arynx this turn if able. Activate only if creatures you control have total power 8 or greater.

Flavor Text:

Once it has your scent, it will hunt you from the Gurmag Swamp to Ayagor.

Watermark:

Atarka

P/T:

3 / 5

Expansion:

Dragons of Tarkir

Rarity:

Uncommon

Card Number:

192

Artist:

Carl Frank

Rulings

2/25/2015	You may activate Lurking Arynx's ability multiple times in a turn to force multiple creatures to block it if able.
2/25/2015	Activating Lurking Arynx's ability doesn't force you to attack with it that turn. If it doesn't attack, the creatures affected by its ability can block other attacking creatures or not block at all.
2/25/2015	If a creature affected by Lurking Arynx's ability can't legally block it (perhaps because Lurking Arynx has gained flying), that creature can block other attacking creatures or not block at all.
2/25/2015	If, during the declare blockers step, a creature is tapped or is affected by a spell or ability that says it can't block, it doesn't block. If there's a cost associated with having a creature block, its controller isn't forced to pay that cost, so it doesn't have to block in that case either.
2/25/2015	If you control a creature with power less than 0, use its actual power when calculating the total power of creatures you control. For example, if you control three creatures with powers 4, 5, and -2, the total power of creatures you control is 7.
2/25/2015	Some formidable abilities are activated abilities that require creatures you control to have total power 8 or greater. Once you activate these abilities, it doesn't matter what happens to the total power of creatures you control.
2/25/2015	Other formidable abilities are triggered abilities with an "intervening 'if'" clause. Such abilities check the total power of creatures you control twice: once at the appropriate time to see if the ability will trigger, and again as the ability tries to resolve. If, at that time, the total power of creatures you control is no longer 8 or greater, the ability will have no effect.