Rewards for death
Rewards for death (Whenever another creature/creature you control dies ...) is an ability that can be found primary in black, secondary in white and tertiary in red.
Description
Black is the color that most triggers off of other things dying, usually flavored as gaining strength from others' pain.[1] White usually gains life, creates a token creature, or helps the creature go somewhere other than the graveyard, often your hand. Red tends to create creature tokens or deal damage.
One of the most influential death triggers is Blood Artist and its family of draining effects which is strongly associated with Aristocrats decks.
Khabál ability
The Khabál ability is a slang term used by Magic R&D formerly to describe the ability that whenever another creature dies, you put a +1/+1 counter on the creature with the ability.[2] This ability was nicknamed after the first creature to have it: Khabál Ghoul from Arabian Nights. Khabál is Arabic for "Night"[3] or "Maddened".[4]
As the ability was broadened and became available in other colors, the slang term was obsoleted.[1]
References
- ↑ a b Mark Rosewater (October 18, 2021). "Mechanical Color Pie 2021 Changes". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2021-10-18.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (June 5, 2017). "Mechanical Color Pie 2017". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (December 02, 2015). "Khabal (ghoul) is "night"". Blogatog. Tumblr.
- ↑ What is the meaning of the Arabic word خبل (khabal)?