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Nethroi, Apex of Death
Legendary Creature — Cat Nightmare Beast
mythic
Mutate (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.) Deathtouch, lifelink Whenever this creature mutates, return any number of target creature cards with total power 10 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
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A keyword ability that causes damage dealt by an object to be especially effective. See rule 702.2, “Deathtouch.”
Has or grants deathtouch — kills anything it damages, effective deterrent and combat removal.
Cares about cards in the graveyard, puts cards into the graveyard, or benefits from things dying.
Gains you life. Relevant for lifegain-matters strategies and general survivability.
A keyword ability that causes a player to gain life. See rule 702.15, “Lifelink.”
A keyword that lets a creature card be cast as a mutating creature spell. See rule 702.140, “Mutate.”
A keyword that lets a creature card be cast as a mutating creature spell. See rule 702.140, “Mutate.”
A card or token on the battlefield. See rule 110, “Permanents.”
Puts creatures into the graveyard then returns them to the battlefield cheaply.
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Printings (8)
| Set | Rarity | TCGplayer | Card Kingdom | Cardmarket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominaria United Commander#163 | mythic | · | · | · |
| Magic Online Promos#80983 | mythic | · | · | · |
| Magic Online Promos#80905 | mythic | · | · | · |
| Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths#380 | mythic | · | · | · |
| Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths#197 | mythic | · | · | · |
| Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Promos#197s | mythic | · | · | · |
| Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths#303 | mythic | · | · | · |
| Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Promos#197p | mythic | · | · | · |
Related Concepts
A keyword ability that causes damage dealt by an object to be especially effective. See rule 702.2, “Deathtouch.”
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
Nethroi's triggered ability can return any combination of creatures whose powers total 10 or less. For example, it could target ten 1/1 creature cards, two 5/5 creature cards, and so on. Regardless of what other creature cards you choose as targets, you can also choose any number of creature cards with power 0 as targets.
If the power of the target creature cards change while in your graveyard, most likely because one has a characteristic-defining ability that defines a * in its power, the total power of the creatures may become greater than 10. If this happens, the entire selection of targets is illegal and nothing is returned to the battlefield.
Use the power of the creature cards as they exist in your graveyard to determine whether they can be the targets of Nethroi's triggered ability. For example, a 0/0 creature card that will enter the battlefield as a copy of a 15/15 creature can be returned, as can five 0/0 creature cards that will each enter the battlefield with three +1/+1 counters on them.