Stormtide Leviathan

Creature — Leviathan 8/8, 5UUU (8)

Islandwalk (This creature is unblockable as long as defending player controls an Island.)

All lands are Islands in addition to their other types.

Creatures without flying or islandwalk can't attack.

Illus. Karl Kopinski

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 8/15/2010: Islandwalk cares about lands with the land type Island, not necessarily lands named Island.
• 8/15/2010: Stormtide Leviathan's second ability causes each land on the battlefield to have the land type Island. Each land thus has the ability to tap to add {U} to its controller's mana pool. This effect doesn't change anything else about those lands, including their names, other subtypes, other abilities, or whether they're legendary, basic, or snow.
• 8/15/2010: If Stormtide Leviathan loses its abilities, all lands on the battlefield (including those that enter the battlefield later on) will still be Islands in addition to their other types and will still be able to tap to produce {U}. The way continuous effects work, Stormtide Leviathan's type-changing ability is applied before the effect that removes that ability is applied.
• 8/15/2010: Stormtide Leviathan's third ability affects all creatures with neither flying nor islandwalk, regardless of who controls them. They can't attack any player or planeswalker.

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Extended (Type 1.X)
• Legal in Standard (Type 2)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Supreme Exemplar

Creature — Elemental 10/10, 6U (7)

Flying

Champion an Elemental (When this enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you exile another Elemental you control. When this leaves the battlefield, that card returns to the battlefield.)

Illus. Mark Tedin

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Terastodon

Creature — Elephant 9/9, 6GG (8)

When Terastodon enters the battlefield, you may destroy up to three target noncreature permanents. For each permanent put into a graveyard this way, its controller puts a 3/3 green Elephant creature token onto the battlefield.

Illus. Lars Grant-West

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 3/1/2010: The targeted permanents may be controlled by different players.
• 3/1/2010: If a targeted permanent is indestructible or regenerates, its controller won't get an Elephant token for it. Similarly, if the targeted permanent is destroyed but a replacement effect moves it to a different zone instead of its owner's graveyard, its controller won't get an Elephant token for it.

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Extended (Type 1.X)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Terra Stomper

Creature — Beast 8/8, 3GGG (6)

Terra Stomper can't be countered.

Trample

Sometimes violent earthquakes, hurtling boulders, and unseasonable dust storms are wrongly attributed to the Roil.

Illus. Goran Josic

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 10/1/2009: Terra Stomper can be targeted by spells that try to counter it (such as Cancel). Those spells will resolve, but the part of their effect that would counter Terra Stomper won't do anything. Any other effects those spells have will work as normal.

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Extended (Type 1.X)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Thing from the Deep

Creature — Leviathan 9/9, 6UUU (9)

Whenever Thing from the Deep attacks, sacrifice it unless you sacrifice an Island.

Seafarers fear sailing off the world's edge not so much as down its gullet.

Illus. Paolo Parente

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander

Uktabi Kong

Creature — Ape 8/8, 5GGG (8)

Trample

When Uktabi Kong comes into play, destroy all artifacts.

Tap two untapped Apes you control: Put a 1/1 green Ape creature token into play.

"I desire the acquisition of a potassium-rich fruit comestible of substantial magnitude."

Illus. Una Fricker

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• This card is not legal in any format

Ulamog's Crusher

Creature — Eldrazi 8/8, 8 (8)

Annihilator 2 (Whenever this creature attacks, defending player sacrifices two permanents.)

Ulamog's Crusher attacks each turn if able.

"Whatever the Eldrazi's purpose is, it has nothing to do with something so insignificant as us."
—Nirthu, lone missionary

Illus. Todd Lockwood

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 6/15/2010: Annihilator abilities trigger and resolve during the declare attackers step. The defending player chooses and sacrifices the required number of permanents before he or she declares blockers. Any creatures sacrificed this way won't be able to block.
• 6/15/2010: If a creature with annihilator is attacking a planeswalker, and the defending player chooses to sacrifice that planeswalker, the attacking creature continues to attack. It may be blocked. If it isn't blocked, it simply won't deal combat damage to anything.
• 6/15/2010: In a Two-Headed Giant game, the controller of an attacking creature with annihilator chooses which of the defending players is affected by the ability. Only that player sacrifices permanents. The choice is made as the ability resolves; once a player is chosen, it's too late for anyone to respond.
• 6/15/2010: If, during your declare attackers step, Ulamog's Crusher is tapped, is affected by a spell or ability that says it can't attack, or is affected by "summoning sickness," then it doesn't attack. If there's a cost associated with having Ulamog's Crusher attack, you aren't forced to pay that cost, so it doesn't have to attack in that case either.
• 6/15/2010: If there are multiple combat phases in a turn, Ulamog's Crusher must attack only in the first one in which it's able to.

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Extended (Type 1.X)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre

Legendary Creature — Eldrazi 10/10, 11 (11)

When you cast Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre, destroy target permanent.

Annihilator 4 (Whenever this creature attacks, defending player sacrifices four permanents.)

Ulamog is indestructible.

When Ulamog is put into a graveyard from anywhere, its owner shuffles his or her graveyard into his or her library.

Illus. Aleksi Briclot

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 6/15/2010: Annihilator abilities trigger and resolve during the declare attackers step. The defending player chooses and sacrifices the required number of permanents before he or she declares blockers. Any creatures sacrificed this way won't be able to block.
• 6/15/2010: If a creature with annihilator is attacking a planeswalker, and the defending player chooses to sacrifice that planeswalker, the attacking creature continues to attack. It may be blocked. If it isn't blocked, it simply won't deal combat damage to anything.
• 6/15/2010: In a Two-Headed Giant game, the controller of an attacking creature with annihilator chooses which of the defending players is affected by the ability. Only that player sacrifices permanents. The choice is made as the ability resolves; once a player is chosen, it's too late for anyone to respond.
• 6/15/2010: Lethal damage and effects that say "destroy" won't cause an indestructible creature to be put into the graveyard. However, an indestructible creature can be put into the graveyard for a number of reasons. The most likely reasons are if it's sacrificed, if it's legendary and another legendary creature with the same name is on the battlefield, or if its toughness is 0 or less.

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Extended (Type 1.X)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Whiptail Wurm

Creature — Wurm 8/5, 6G (7)

It's hard to say for certain which end is more dangerous.

Illus. Una Fricker

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander

Withengar Unbound

Legendary Creature — Demon 13/13
(Color Indicator: Black)

Flying, intimidate, trample

Whenever a player loses the game, put thirteen +1/+1 counters on Withengar Unbound.

There are not enough lives on Innistrad to satisfy his thirst for retribution.

Illus. Eric Deschamps

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 1/22/2011: The "legend rule" checks only for permanents with exactly the same name. Elbrus, the Binding Blade and Withengar Unbound can be on the battlefield at the same time without either going to its owner's graveyard.
• 1/22/2011: Elbrus will transform even if you are unable to unattach it (most likely because the equipped creature died).
• 1/22/2011: If the equipped creature deals combat damage to more than one player at the same time, perhaps because some of its combat damage was redirected, Elbrus's ability will trigger once for each player it deals combat damage to. This may cause it to become unattached, transform, then transform again. If it transforms back into Elbrus, it will remain unattached.
• 1/22/2011: Withengar's triggered ability will trigger no matter how a player loses the game: due to a state-based action (as a result of having a life total of 0 or less, trying to draw a card from an empty library, or having ten poison counters), a spell or ability that says that player loses the game, a concession, or a game loss awarded by a judge.
• 1/22/2011: In a multiplayer game using the limited range of influence option (such as a Grand Melee game), if a spell or ability says that you win the game, it instead causes all of your opponents within your range of influence to lose the game. This is another way by which Withengar's ability can trigger.

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Extended (Type 1.X)
• Legal in Standard (Type 2)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Witherscale Wurm

Creature — Wurm 9/9, 4GG (6)

Whenever Witherscale Wurm blocks or becomes blocked by a creature, that creature gains wither until end of turn. (It deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters.)

Whenever Witherscale Wurm deals damage to an opponent, remove all -1/-1 counters from it.

Illus. Thomas M. Baxa

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 5/1/2008: Witherscale Wurm's second ability triggers when it deals any damage to an opponent, not just combat damage.
• 5/1/2008: Witherscale Wurm's first ability does *not* give Witherscale Wurm wither.

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Worldspine Wurm

Creature — Wurm 15/15, 8GGG (11)

Trample

When Worldspine Wurm dies, put three 5/5 green Wurm creature tokens with trample onto the battlefield.

When Worldspine Wurm is put into a graveyard from anywhere, shuffle it into its owner's library.

Illus. Richard Wright

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 10/1/2012: Worldspine Wurm’s last ability is a triggered ability, not a replacement ability. Players can respond to this ability, for example, by trying to exile Worldspine Wurm from the graveyard before it’s shuffled into a library.

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Extended (Type 1.X)
• Legal in Standard (Type 2)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Zhou Yu, Chief Commander

Legendary Creature — Human Soldier 8/8, 5UU (7)

Zhou Yu, Chief Commander can't attack unless defending player controls an Island.

"After making me, Zhou Yu, did you have to make Kongming?"
—Zhou Yu crying to heaven on his deathbed

Illus. Xu Xiaoming

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Commander

Zodiac Dragon

Creature — Dragon 8/8, 7RR (9)

When Zodiac Dragon is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may return it to your hand.

". . . The kingdoms three are now the stuff of dream, / For men to ponder, past all praise or blame."

Illus. Qi Baocheng

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 10/1/2009: If Zodiac Dragon is removed from the graveyard after the ability triggers but before it resolves, you can't return it to your hand. Similarly, if a replacement effect has Zodiac Dragon move to a different zone instead of being put into the graveyard, the ability won't trigger at all.
• 10/1/2009: Even though Zodiac Dragon is a Dragon, it doesn't have flying.

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander