Streetwise Negotiator

Streetwise Negotiator1G
Creature — Cat CitizenPLST · U

Backup 1 (When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. If that's another creature, it gains the following ability until end of turn.)

This creature assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.

The List · Uncommon0/2
Moxou Score · all formats

This card is outside the top 50 in every format. Its score, rank and trends are for signed-in users.

Sign up free to see every card during the beta.

Analysis

Score, trends, archetypes

Only top 50 cards shown, sign up free to see the full meta

Show more

Full access is free for signed-in users during the beta.

Legality

9 formats
StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
PremodernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
cEDHLegal

B/R history

Never banned or restricted in any format Moxou tracks.

Rulings

6
  1. 2023-04-14

    Backup confers only abilities that are actually printed below it. Any abilities that are gained by the permanent are ignored, including abilities gained due to a resolving spell or ability or copy effects.

  2. 2023-04-14

    If a backup ability causes another creature to gain abilities, the creature with backup will still have those abilities.

  3. 2023-04-14

    If a backup ability targets the creature with backup, that creature will get +1/+1 counters, but it won’t gain additional abilities.

  4. 2023-04-14

    If a permanent enters the battlefield as a copy of a card with a backup ability or a token is created that is a copy of that card, the order of the printed abilities is maintained.

  5. 2023-04-14

    Streetwise Negotiator’s ability doesn’t actually change any creature’s power. It changes only the amount of combat damage the creature assigns. All other rules and effects that check power or toughness use the real values, even if they cause damage “equal to a creature’s power” to be dealt. Notably, if Streetwise Negotiator (or the creature that gains its ability) fights, it uses its actual power to determine how much damage it deals.

  6. 2023-04-14

    The abilities that backup grants to the target creature are determined only once, at the time the ability triggers. They won’t change if the permanent with backup loses any abilities before the backup ability resolves.

Versions

2
SetNo.YearRarityArtist
MOMMarch of the Machine2072023UncommonBrent Hollowell
PLSTThe ListMX-988592020UncommonBrent Hollowell

In sealed products

Pull odds for signed-in users