Swarm Surge (Battle for Zendikar) - Gatherer

Swarm Surge

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Oracle Printed

Card Name:

Swarm Surge

Mana Cost:

Mana Value:

Types:

Sorcery

Card Text:

Devoid (This card has no color.)

Creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn. Colorless creatures you control also gain first strike until end of turn.

Flavor Text:

The Eldrazi rampaged across Zendikar in a tide of chittering, heaving flesh.

Expansion:

Battle for Zendikar

Rarity:

Common

Card Number:

100

Artist:

Svetlin Velinov

Rulings

8/25/2015	A colorless creature given first strike by Swarm Surge won't lose first strike if it stops being colorless later in the turn.
8/25/2015	Cards with devoid use frames that are variations of the transparent frame traditionally used for Eldrazi. The top part of the card features some color over a background based on the texture of the hedrons that once imprisoned the Eldrazi. This coloration is intended to aid deckbuilding and game play.
8/25/2015	A card with devoid is just colorless. It's not colorless and the colors of mana in its mana cost.
8/25/2015	Other cards and abilities can give a card with devoid color. If that happens, it's just the new color, not that color and colorless.
8/25/2015	Devoid works in all zones, not just on the battlefield.
8/25/2015	If a card loses devoid, it will still be colorless. This is because effects that change an object's color (like the one created by devoid) are considered before the object loses devoid.