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Sinkhole Surveyor

Card Name

Sinkhole Surveyor

Mana Cost

1

Type

Creature – Bird Scout

Rarity

Rare

rules Text

FlyingWhenever this creature attacks, you lose 1 life and this creature endures 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on it or create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token.)

Flavor Text

Vast sinkholes in the Shifting Wastes revealed long-buried structures—and long-buried dangers.

Legal Formats

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

Not Legal Formats

Pauper

Rulings

(4/4/2025)
You choose whether to put +1/+1 counters on the creature or create a Spirit token as the ability that includes the endure instruction is resolving. No player may take actions between the time you choose and the time that counters are added or tokens are created.
(4/4/2025)
If you can’t put +1/+1 counters on the creature for any reason as an endure ability resolves (for example, if the creature is no longer on the battlefield), you’ll just create a Spirit token.
(4/4/2025)
If a noncreature permanent is instructed to endure, the effect is the same. You can put +1/+1 counters on that permanent or create a Spirit token.