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Cockatrice

Card Name

Cockatrice

Mana Cost

3

Type

Creature – Cockatrice

Rarity

Special

rules Text

FlyingWhenever Cockatrice blocks or becomes blocked by a non-Wall creature, destroy that creature at end of combat.

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(10/4/2004)
The ability destroys the creature at the end of the combat, which is after all first strike and normal damage dealing is done. This means that a creature may have to regenerate twice to survive the combat, once from damage and once again at end of combat.