Card

Monastery Swiftspear

Creature — Human Monk


Haste
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)

The calligraphy of combat is written with strokes of sudden blood.


  Mystery Booster (MB1)
#1017, Uncommon

Illustrated by: Steve Argyle

Not Legal Alchemy BO1
Not Legal Standard BO1
Not Legal Brawl
Not Legal Explorer BO1
Banned Pauper
Not Legal Traditional Standard
Not Legal Traditional Alchemy
Not Legal Traditional Explorer

Rulings

  • 2014-09-20
    Any spell you cast that doesn’t have the type creature will cause prowess to trigger. If a spell has multiple types, and one of those types is creature (such as an artifact creature), casting it won’t cause prowess to trigger. Playing a land also won’t cause prowess to trigger.
  • 2014-09-20
    Prowess goes on the stack on top of the spell that caused it to trigger. It will resolve before that spell.
  • 2014-09-20
    Once it triggers, prowess isn’t connected to the spell that caused it to trigger. If that spell is countered, prowess will still resolve.
  • 2021-03-19
    An ability that triggers when a player casts a spell resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.
  • 2014-09-20
    Any spell you cast that doesn't have the type creature will cause prowess to trigger. If a spell has multiple types, and one of those types is creature (such as an artifact creature), casting it won't cause prowess to trigger. Playing a land also won't cause prowess to trigger.
  • 2014-09-20
    Once it triggers, prowess isn't connected to the spell that caused it to trigger. If that spell is countered, prowess will still resolve.
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