Harbinger of the Seas
Creature โ Merfolk Wizard
Nonbasic lands are Islands.
The rising moon calls mercilessly to the waves, commanding the sea to rise high enough to devour mountains.
2/2
Illustrated by Winona Nelson ยท Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)
Legalities
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Duel Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
Printings
Rulings
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If a nonbasic land has an ability that triggers "when" it enters the battlefield, it will lose that ability before it can trigger.
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If a nonbasic land has an ability that causes it to enter the battlefield tapped, it will lose that ability before it can apply. The same is also true of any other abilities that modify how a land enters the battlefield or apply "as" a land enters the battlefield, such as that of Vesuva or Cavern of Souls.
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Nonbasic lands lose any other land types and abilities they had. They gain the land type Island and gain the ability "
: Addย
."
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Harbinger of the Seas doesn't affect names or supertypes. It won't turn any land into a basic land or remove the legendary supertype from a legendary land, and the lands won't be named "Island."
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If Harbinger of the Seas loses its abilities, it continues to turn nonbasic lands into Islands. This is because effects that change subtypes are applied before considering effects that remove abilities, regardless of the order in which those effects started.
Archetypes that play this card
Duel Commander
- Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph 100.0% of lists
- Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel 100.0% of lists
- Aang, Swift Savior 50.0% of lists
Legacy
- Azorius Tempo 0.9% of lists
Modern
- Bant Midrange 100.0% of lists
- Esper Midrange 41.3% of lists
- Other 1.6% of lists