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Scute Mob

Card Name

Scute Mob

Mana Cost

Type

Creature – Insect

Rarity

Rare

rules Text

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control five or more lands, put four +1/+1 counters on Scute Mob.

Flavor Text

"Survival rule 781: There are always more scute bugs." —Zurdi, goblin shortcutter

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

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

Rulings

(10/1/2009)
Scute Mob's ability has an "intervening 'if' clause." That means (1) the ability won't trigger at all unless you control five or more lands as your upkeep starts, and (2) the ability will do nothing if you control fewer than five lands by the time it resolves.