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* You can’t sacrifice more than one creature to any one exploit ability. | * You can’t sacrifice more than one creature to any one exploit ability. | ||
* The extra ability doesn't trigger if the player sacrificed a creature for any other reason, including the exploit ability of a different creature. | * The extra ability doesn't trigger if the player sacrificed a creature for any other reason, including the exploit ability of a different creature. | ||
* A player can sacrifice any creature | * A player can sacrifice any creature they control when the exploit ability resolves, including the creature with exploit itself. | ||
* You don't have to sacrifice a creature if you don't want to. | * You don't have to sacrifice a creature if you don't want to. | ||
Revision as of 13:40, 4 April 2020
| Exploit | |
|---|---|
| Keyword Ability | |
| Type | Triggered |
| Introduced | Dragons of Tarkir |
| Last used | Modern Horizons |
| Reminder Text | Exploit (When this creature enters the battlefield, you may sacrifice a creature.) |
| Storm Scale | 6[1] |
| Statistics |
11 cards  36.4%  63.6% |
| Scryfall Search | |
| keyword:"exploit" | |
Exploit is a keyword ability introduced in Dragons of Tarkir, where it is the signature ability of the blue-black Clan Silumgar.[2]
Description
When a creature with exploit enters the battlefield, the player may sacrifice a creature. Each creature with exploit has another ability that gives the player a benefit when it "exploits a creature" This means when the player sacrificed a creature because of its exploit ability.[3][4]
Exploit also appeared in Modern Horizons.[5]
Rules
From the glossary of the Comprehensive Rules (June 7, 2024—Modern Horizons 3)
- Exploit
- A keyword ability that lets you sacrifice a creature for a benefit. See rule 702.110, “Exploit.”
From the Comprehensive Rules (June 7, 2024—Modern Horizons 3)
- 702.110. Exploit
- 702.110a Exploit is a triggered ability. “Exploit” means “When this creature enters the battlefield, you may sacrifice a creature.”
- 702.110b A creature with exploit “exploits a creature” when the controller of the exploit ability sacrifices a creature as that ability resolves.
Rulings
- You choose whether to sacrifice a creature and which creature to sacrifice as the exploit ability resolves.
- You can sacrifice the creature with exploit if it’s still on the battlefield. This will cause its other ability to trigger.
- You can’t sacrifice more than one creature to any one exploit ability.
- The extra ability doesn't trigger if the player sacrificed a creature for any other reason, including the exploit ability of a different creature.
- A player can sacrifice any creature they control when the exploit ability resolves, including the creature with exploit itself.
- You don't have to sacrifice a creature if you don't want to.
Examples
Example
Silumgar Butcher 
Creature — Zombie Djinn
3/3
Exploit (When this creature enters the battlefield, you may sacrifice a creature.)
When Silumgar Butcher exploits a creature, target creature gets -3/-3 until end of turn.
References
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (February 29, 2016). "Storm Scale: Khans of Tarkir Block". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (April 20, 2015). "Parallel Design". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Matt Tabak (March 2, 2015). "Mechanics of Dragons of Tarkir". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (March 18, 2015). "Dragons of Tarkir Release Notes". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Matt Tabak (May 31, 2019). "Modern Horizons Mechanics". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
