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Invade the City

War of the Spark #201 uncommon
Sorcery |
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Invade the City

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Live Value $0.19
Foil Multiplier: 2.0x
Reprint Profile:
Printed 2 times ELEVATED

Reprinted 2x total; appeared once in a dedicated reprint set (The List).

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Rarity
uncommon
Set Origin
Daily Shift
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EDHREC Rank
#14,155
Mana Cost
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Oracle Data

Card Type Sorcery
Color Identity Red , Blue
🖋️ Curator's Notes
Amass Zombies X, where X is the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard. (Put X +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It's also a Zombie. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token first.)

"Death greeted the world with a roar of desert air."

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Official Judge Precedents

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Invade the City is still on the stack while you count your instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard. It doesn't count itself.

A split card that's both an instant and a sorcery is counted only once for Invade the City.

The number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard is counted only as Invade the City resolves.

If there are no instant or sorcery cards in your graveyard, you'll amass 0. If you don't control an Army, you'll create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token that will die after Invade the City has finished resolving.

Amass abilities are now written as "amass [subtype] N." Previous cards with amass have received errata to say "amass Zombies N."

In the rare case that you control multiple Army creatures (perhaps because you played a creature with changeling) while you amass Zombies, you choose which of your Army creatures to put the +1/+1 counters on. If that creature isn't a Zombie, it becomes a Zombie in addition to its other types.

Some cards refer to the "amassed Army." That means the Army creature you chose to receive counters, even if no counters were placed on it for some reason.

If you don't control an Army, the Zombie Army token you create enters the battlefield as a 0/0 creature before receiving counters. Any abilities that trigger when a creature with a certain power enters the battlefield, such as that of Mentor of the Meek, will see the token enter as a 0/0 creature before it gets +1/+1 counters.

To amass Zombies N, if you don't control an Army creature, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token. Then you choose an Army creature you control and put N +1/+1 counters on it. If that Army isn't already a Zombie, it becomes a Zombie in addition to its other types.

Amass Orcs works the same way, except you create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token if you don't control an Army. If the Army creature you chose isn't already an Orc, it becomes an Orc in addition to its other types. By combining cards with amass Orcs and amass Zombies, you can end up with an Orc Zombie Army.

📜 Technical Attributes
Release Date: 2019-05-03
Artist Reference: Sung Choi
Border Profile: black
✨ Variants & Finishes
Available Finishes Standard • Traditional Foil
Promo Status NO
Edition Status Original Printing

Sanctioned Formats

standard not_legal
modern legal
legacy legal
commander legal
pioneer legal
pauper not_legal
vintage legal
brawl legal
explorer not_legal
penny legal
predh not_legal
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