Card

Maulfist Doorbuster

Creature — Human Warrior


When Maulfist Doorbuster enters the battlefield, you get (two energy counters).
Whenever Maulfist Doorbuster attacks, you may pay . If you do, target creature can't block this turn.

"Knock, knock . . . too late."


  Kaladesh (KLD)
#123, Uncommon

Illustrated by: Josh Hass
Multiverse ID: 417696

Not Legal Alchemy BO1
Not Legal Standard BO1
Not Legal Brawl
Not Legal Explorer BO1
Not Legal Historic BO1
Not Legal Historic Brawl
Not Legal Pauper
Not Legal Traditional Standard
Not Legal Timeless BO1
Not Legal Traditional Alchemy
Not Legal Traditional Explorer
Not Legal Traditional Historic
Not Legal Traditional Timeless

Rulings

  • 2017-02-09
    If a triggered ability with one or more targets states that you "may pay" some amount of , and each permanent that it targets has become an illegal target, the ability is countered. You can't pay even if you want to.
  • 2017-02-09
    Some triggered abilities state that you "may pay" a certain amount of . You can't pay that amount multiple times to multiply the effect. You simply choose whether or not to pay that amount of as the ability resolves, and no player may take actions to try to stop the ability's effect after you make your choice.
  • 2017-02-09
    You can't pay more energy counters than you have.
  • 2017-02-09
    Energy counters aren't mana. They don't go away as steps, phases, and turns end, and effects that add mana "of any type" to your mana pool can't give you energy counters.
  • 2017-02-09
    If an effect says you get one or more , you get that many energy counters. To pay one or more , you lose that many energy counters. Any effects that interact with counters a player gets, has, or loses can interact with energy counters.
  • 2017-02-09
    Keep careful track of how many energy counters each player has. You may do so by keeping a running count on paper, by using a die, or by any other clear and mutually agreeable method.
  • 2017-02-09
    Energy counters are a kind of counter that a player may have. They're not associated with specific permanents. (Other kinds of counters that players may have include poison and experience.)
  • 2017-02-09
    is the energy symbol. It represents one energy counter.
  • 2016-09-20
    The target creature can't block any creatures this turn. The effect isn't restricted to just whether the creature can block Maulfist Doorbuster.
  • 2017-02-09
    Energy counters aren’t mana. They don’t go away as steps, phases, and turns end, and effects that add mana “of any type” to your mana pool can’t give you energy counters.
  • 2017-02-09
    Energy counters are a kind of counter that a player may have. They’re not associated with specific permanents. (Other kinds of counters that players may have include poison and experience.)
  • 2017-02-09
    If a triggered ability with one or more targets states that you “may pay” some amount of , and each permanent that it targets has become an illegal target, the ability doesn’t resolve. You can’t pay even if you want to.
  • 2017-02-09
    You can’t pay more energy counters than you have.
  • 2017-02-09
    Some triggered abilities state that you “may pay” a certain amount of . You can’t pay that amount multiple times to multiply the effect. You simply choose whether or not to pay that amount of as the ability resolves, and no player may take actions to try to stop the ability’s effect after you make your choice.
  • 2016-09-20
    The target creature can’t block any creatures this turn. The effect isn’t restricted to just whether the creature can block Maulfist Doorbuster.
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