Thought Gorger

Mana Value

4

Rarity

rare

Thought Gorger

Creature — Horror

{2}{B}{B}
Color Identity: B

Card Text

Trample When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on it for each card in your hand. If you do, discard your hand. When this creature leaves the battlefield, draw a card for each +1/+1 counter on it.

Power/Toughness: 2/2

Keywords

Trample

Set

Rise of the Eldrazi

(ROE)

EDHREC Rank

#22,398

As Thought Gorger's first ability resolves, putting a +1/+1 counter on it for each card in your hand is mandatory. The effect says "if you do" because performing that action might be impossible. If Thought Gorger has left the battlefield by the time the ability resolves, you can't put any +1/+1 counters on it, so you won't discard your hand.

Wotc — June 15, 2010

When Thought Gorger's second ability resolves, its last existence on the battlefield is checked to see how many +1/+1 counters it had on it. All of them are counted, not just the ones put on it by its "enters" ability.

Wotc — June 15, 2010

Once an ability starts to resolve, it's too late to respond to it. For example, you can't count a card in your hand while determining how many +1/+1 counters Thought Gorger gets and then cast it in response. If a card is counted, it'll be discarded.

Wotc — June 15, 2010

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