Merry Bards

Mana Value

3

Rarity

common

Merry Bards

Creature — Human Bard

{2}{R}
Color Identity: R

Card Text

When this creature enters, you may pay {1}. When you do, create a Young Hero Role token attached to target creature you control. (If you control another Role on it, put that one into the graveyard. Enchanted creature has "Whenever this creature attacks, if its toughness is 3 or less, put a +1/+1 counter on it.")

Power/Toughness: 3/2

Keywords

Role token

Set

Wilds of Eldraine

(WOE)

EDHREC Rank

#24,395

You don't choose a target for Merry Bards's ability at the time its enters-the-battlefield ability triggers. Rather, a second "reflexive" ability triggers when you pay {1} this way. You choose a target for that ability as it goes on the stack. Each player may respond to this triggered ability as normal.

Wotc — September 01, 2023

Roles are colorless enchantment tokens. Each one has the Aura and Role subtypes and the enchant creature ability.

Wotc — September 01, 2023

If a permanent has more than one Role attached to it controlled by the same player, each of those Roles except the one with the most recent timestamp is put into its owner’s graveyard. This is a state-based action.

Wotc — September 01, 2023

If two or more Roles controlled by the same player become attached to a permanent at the same time (perhaps due to an effect such as that of Doubling Season), that player chooses which one to keep and which are put into their owners’ graveyards.

Wotc — September 01, 2023

A permanent can have multiple Roles attached to it if each one is controlled by a different player.

Wotc — September 01, 2023

Some spells and abilities that create Role tokens require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won’t resolve. The Role token won’t be created.

Wotc — September 01, 2023

In rare cases, a spell or ability might attempt to create a Role token enchanting a permanent that it can’t legally enchant (because of an ability like protection from enchantments). In such cases, the Role token isn’t created.

Wotc — September 01, 2023

Hexproof and shroud won’t prevent a Role from becoming attached to a permanent if the ability creating that Role attached to that permanent doesn’t target it.

Wotc — September 01, 2023

Cards in the Wilds of Eldraine main set create six different Role tokens: Cursed, Monster, Royal, Sorcerer, Wicked, and Young Hero. A seventh Role token, Virtuous, is created by Ellivere of the Wild Court, the commander of the “Virtue and Valor” Commander Deck.

Wotc — September 01, 2023

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