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Magic: The Gathering · Secrets of Strixhaven · Rare

Ambitious Augmenter

Creature — Turtle Wizard

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Rules Text

Increment (Whenever you cast a spell, if the amount of mana you spent is greater than this creature's power or toughness, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)When this creature dies, if it had one or more counters on it, create a 0/0 green and blue Fractal creature token, then put this creature's counters on that token.

Card Facts

Mana value
1
Power / Toughness
1 / 1
Colors
Color identity
EDHREC rank
#14,748
Keywords
Increment
Rarity
Related cards
FractalTokenFractal

Legality

Alchemy

Legal

Brawl

Legal

Commander

Legal

Competitive Brawl

Legal

Duel Commander

Legal

Future

Legal

Gladiator

Legal

Historic

Legal

Legacy

Legal

Modern

Legal

Oathbreaker

Legal

Penny Dreadful

Legal

Pioneer

Legal

Standard

Legal

Standard Brawl

Legal

Timeless

Legal

TLR

Legal

Vintage

Legal

Old School

Not legal

Pauper

Not legal

Pauper Commander

Not legal

PreDH

Not legal

Premodern

Not legal

Rulings

  1. Mar 20, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast

    Ambitious Augmenter's last ability puts all counters that were on it onto the Fractal token, not just its +1/+1 counters.

  2. Mar 20, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast

    An increment ability will only trigger if the permanent it's on is a creature. Similarly, if the permanent is no longer a creature when its increment ability resolves, the ability won't do anything.

  3. Mar 20, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast

    If Ambitious Augmenter has -1/-1 counters on it when it dies, that ability will include those as well. This may result in the Fractal token dying.

  4. Mar 20, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast

    The increment ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered or otherwise leaves the stack.

  5. Mar 20, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast

    If increment triggers, the comparison will happen again when the ability tries to resolve. If the amount of mana spent to cast that spell isn't greater than either of that creature's stats anymore, the ability will do nothing.

  6. Mar 20, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast

    Ambitious Augmenter's last ability doesn't cause you to move counters from Ambitious Augmenter onto the Fractal token. Rather, you put the same number of each kind of counter Ambitious Augmenter had when it died onto the Fractal token.

  7. Mar 20, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast

    If more than one token is created by Ambitious Augmenter’s last ability (because of the effect of a card like Anointed Procession, for example), put Ambitious Augmenter’s counters on each of those tokens.

  8. Mar 20, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast

    In some unusual cases, you may end up putting the appropriate counters on more than one permanent. For example, if you control The Ozolith (a card from the Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths set) when Ambitious Augmenter dies, you'll put the appropriate number of each kind of counter onto both The Ozolith and the Fractal token.

  9. Mar 20, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast

    If enough -1/-1 counters are put on Ambitious Augmenter at the same time to make its toughness 0 or less, its second ability will see all of the +1/+1 counters it had when it died as well as the -1/-1 counters it had, and an equal number of each of those types of counters (plus any other applicable counters) will be put onto the Fractal token.

  10. Mar 20, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast

    When comparing the mana spent to the creature's stats as the increment ability resolves, it's possible that the stat that is less than the mana spent changes from power to toughness or vice versa. For example, say you control a 1/3 creature with increment and you pay two mana to cast a spell. Since the amount of mana you spent is greater than the creature's power, increment will trigger. While the increment ability is on the stack, an effect gives the creature with increment +2/-2, making it a 3/1. When the increment ability resolves, the creature will still get a +1/+1 counter since the amount of mana you spent is greater than that creature's toughness.

  11. Mar 20, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast

    Whenever you cast a spell, check the amount of mana you spent to cast it against the power and toughness of the creature with increment. If the amount of mana you spent isn't greater than either of that creature's stats, increment won't trigger at all.

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Secrets of Strixhaven Promos
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Community

Decks using this card

2 public decks run Ambitious Augmenter.


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