Acolyte's Reward

set	min	mtgo
-	2.37	0.03 tix

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Name	Acolyte's Reward
Type	Instant
Description	Prevent the next X damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn, where X is your devotion to white. If damage is prevented this way, Acolyte's Reward deals that much damage to any target. (Each in the mana costs of permanents you contrSee more
Artist	Slawomir Maniak
Set	Born of the Gods #1
Wallpaper	download
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About Acolyte's Reward

Acolyte's Reward, Instant, designed by Slawomir Maniak first released in Feb, 2014 in the set Born of the Gods. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of 2.37.

A deck focused on white devotion in Magic: The Gathering would benefit from using Acolyte's Reward, especially in a strategy that aims to maximize devotion to white. While Acolyte's Reward can be a useful defensive tool, there are other white instant cards like Gods Willing or Brave the Elements that offer more versatile protection for creatures. Acolyte's Reward may see play in specific white devotion decks that can take advantage of its unique damage redirection ability, but it may not be a top choice in more competitive or diverse metagames.

Rules

02/01/14

Acolyte’s Reward has two targets: the creature that would be dealt damage and the permanent or player that Acolyte’s Reward will deal damage to. These targets are chosen as you cast Acolyte’s Reward.

02/01/14

As Acolyte’s Reward tries to resolve, if only the first target is illegal, Acolyte’s Reward won’t prevent any damage that would be dealt to that creature and, because of this, Acolyte’s Reward won’t deal damage to the second target. If only the second target is illegal, damage that would be dealt to the first target will be prevented, but Acolyte’s Reward won’t deal damage. If both targets are illegal, Acolyte’s Reward won’t resolve.

02/01/14

If Acolyte’s Reward prevents damage, it deals its damage immediately afterward as part of that same prevention effect. This happens before state-based actions are performed, and before any player can cast spells or activate abilities. If the source of the original damage was a spell or ability, this happens before that spell or ability resumes its resolution.

02/01/14

The damage will be dealt by Acolyte’s Reward as it existed on the stack, not as it exists when the damage is dealt. That is, it’s an instant spell that’s dealing the damage, in case an ability cares about that (such as Satyr Firedancer’s, which includes the phrase “Whenever an instant or sorcery spell you control deals damage to an opponent”).

02/01/14

You don’t choose a source of damage. The prevention shield will apply to the next X damage that would be dealt to the first target, no matter where that damage comes from. It also doesn’t matter whether the damage is dealt at the same time. For example, if the shield prevents the next 5 damage to the first target, and that creature would be dealt 3 damage by Lightning Strike, that 3 damage is prevented and Acolyte’s Reward deals 3 damage to the second target. The prevention effect will still apply to the next 2 damage the first target would be dealt that turn.

09/15/13

Hybrid mana symbols, monocolored hybrid mana symbols, and Phyrexian mana symbols do count toward your devotion to their color(s).

09/15/13

Numeric mana symbols (, , and so on) in mana costs of permanents you control don’t count toward your devotion to any color.

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