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Old Fogey

Card Name

Old Fogey

Mana Cost

Type

Summon – Dinosaur

Rarity

Rare

rules Text

Phasing, cumulative upkeep
1
, echo, fading 3, bands with other Dinosaurs, protection from Homarids, snow-covered plainswalk, flanking, rampage 2

Flavor Text

"These kids today with their collector numbers and their newfangled tap symbol. Twenty Black Lotuses and twenty Plague Rats. Now that's real Magic."

Not Legal Formats

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

Rulings

(2/29/2020)
Due to changes in how echo and phasing work since Old Fogey was originally printed, echo mostly does nothing in this case. This is, as they say, a bit weird. Old Fogey is phased out when its echo ability would trigger, so that ability doesn't trigger at the beginning of the upkeep after Old Fogey enters the battlefield. Phasing in doesn't cause Old Fogey to enter the battlefield, so echo ends up not really doing much at all.