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Frostfist Strider
Creature — Elemental Giant
uncommon
Ward (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays .) When this creature enters, tap target creature an opponent controls and put a stun counter on it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)
4/4
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Cares about +1/+1 counters — places, moves, doubles, or benefits from counters on creatures.
Prevents a spell or ability from resolving.
Triggers when a creature or permanent enters the battlefield. Prime blink targets.
A card or token on the battlefield. See rule 110, “Permanents.”
A keyword ability that provides a range of benefits against objects with a specific quality. See rule 702.16, “Protection.”
A triggered ability that can counter spells or abilities that target the permanent with ward. See rule 702.21, “Ward.”
A triggered ability that can counter spells or abilities that target the permanent with ward. See rule 702.21, “Ward.”
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| Set | Rarity | TCGplayer | Card Kingdom | Cardmarket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominaria United#51 | uncommon | · | · | · |
Related Concepts
Related Rules
If an ability would produce one or more mana of an undefined type, it produces no mana instead.
Some abilities produce mana based on the type of mana another permanent or permanents “could produce.” The type of mana a permanent could produce at any time includes any type of mana that an ability of that permanent would produce if the ability were to resolve at that time, taking into account any applicable replacement effects in any possible order. Ignore whether any costs of the ability could or could not be paid. If that permanent wouldn’t produce any mana under these conditions, or no type of mana can be defined this way, there’s no type of mana it could produce.
To “tap [a permanent] for mana” is to activate a mana ability of that permanent that includes the {T} symbol in its activation cost. See rule 605, “Mana Abilities.”
An ability that triggers whenever a permanent “is tapped for mana” or is tapped for mana of a specified type triggers whenever such a mana ability resolves and produces mana or the specified type of mana.
A replacement effect that applies if a permanent “is tapped for mana” or tapped for mana of a specific type and/or amount modifies the mana production event while such an ability is resolving and producing mana or the specified type and/or amount of mana.
If an object’s enters-the-battlefield triggered ability or replacement effect refers to X, and the spell that became that object as it resolved had a value of X chosen for any of its costs, the value of X for that ability is the same as the value of X for that spell, although the value of X for that permanent is 0. This is an exception to rule 107.3i.
The tap symbol is {T}. The tap symbol in an activation cost means “Tap this permanent.” A permanent that’s already tapped can’t be tapped again to pay the cost. A creature’s activated ability with the tap symbol in its activation cost can’t be activated unless the creature has been under its controller’s control continuously since their most recent turn began. See rule 302.6.
The untap symbol is {Q}. The untap symbol in an activation cost means “Untap this permanent.” A permanent that’s already untapped can’t be untapped again to pay the cost. A creature’s activated ability with the untap symbol in its activation cost can’t be activated unless the creature has been under its controller’s control continuously since their most recent turn began. See rule 302.6.
Rulings
You may choose a creature that is already tapped as the target of Frostfist Strider’s last ability.
If a permanent has more than one stun counter on it, only one will be removed each time it would become untapped.
Abilities that trigger when a permanent “becomes untapped” won’t trigger if a stun counter is removed instead.
If a tapped permanent with a stun counter on it would become untapped, a stun counter will be removed from it instead. This is a replacement effect.
Stun counters replace untapping for any reason, including players untapping tapped permanents during their untap steps.
If untapping a permanent is part of a cost (such as that of Halo Fountain’s first ability), you may pay that cost by “untapping” a tapped permanent with a stun counter on it. The stun counter will be removed and the creature will remain tapped. However, the cost will still be paid.