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Magic: The Gathering · Bloomburrow · Uncommon

Bushy Bodyguard

Creature — Squirrel Warrior

$0.27

Market price

$0.34

Foil

2

Public decks

Bushy Bodyguard
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Rules Text

Offspring (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell. If you do, when this creature enters, create a 1/1 token copy of it.)When this creature enters, you may forage. If you do, put two +1/+1 counters on it. (To forage, exile three cards from your graveyard or sacrifice a Food.)

Card Facts

Mana value
2
Power / Toughness
2 / 1
Colors
Color identity
EDHREC rank
#10,592
Keywords
Forage, Offspring
Rarity

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

Pioneer

Legal

Standard

Legal

Standard Brawl

Legal

Timeless

Legal

TLR

Legal

Vintage

Legal

Old School

Not legal

Pauper

Not legal

Pauper Commander

Not legal

Penny Dreadful

Not legal

PreDH

Not legal

Premodern

Not legal

Rulings

  1. Nov 8, 2024 · Wizards of the Coast

    Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.

  2. Nov 8, 2024 · Wizards of the Coast

    You can't sacrifice a Food to pay multiple costs. For example, you can't sacrifice a Food token to activate its own ability and also to activate Maraleaf Rider's ability.

  3. Nov 8, 2024 · Wizards of the Coast

    Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.

  4. Jul 26, 2024 · Wizards of the Coast

    If the spell resolves but the creature with offspring leaves the battlefield before the offspring ability resolves, you'll still create a token copy of it.

  5. Jul 26, 2024 · Wizards of the Coast

    The token copies exactly what was printed on the original creature and nothing else, except it's a 1/1 (unless that creature is copying something else; see below). It doesn't copy whether that creature is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its types, color, or so on.

  6. Jul 26, 2024 · Wizards of the Coast

    In the rare case where the original creature is copying something else when the offspring ability resolves, the token enters as whatever that creature copied, except it's a 1/1.

  7. Jul 26, 2024 · Wizards of the Coast

    Many creatures with offspring abilities have other abilities that refer to them as "this creature" rather than referring to them by name. This difference is for clarity purposes and does not change the function of any of these abilities.

  8. Jul 26, 2024 · Wizards of the Coast

    You decide whether to forage or not as Bushy Bodyguard's last ability resolves. Once that ability starts resolving, it's too late for any player to respond before Bushy Bodyguard gets the +1/+1 counters if you foraged.

  9. Jul 26, 2024 · Wizards of the Coast

    The token created by the offspring ability isn't "cast", so abilities that trigger when a creature spell is cast won't trigger for the copy.

  10. Jul 26, 2024 · Wizards of the Coast

    In the rare case where the creature doesn't have the offspring ability when it enters, the ability won't trigger even if you paid the offspring cost.

  11. Jul 26, 2024 · Wizards of the Coast

    If you don't have enough cards in your graveyard or a Food on the battlefield, you can't choose to forage.

  12. Jul 26, 2024 · Wizards of the Coast

    Once you announce that you're casting a spell or activating an ability, players can't take actions until you've finished doing so. Notably, opponents can't try to remove cards from your graveyard or Foods you control to stop you from foraging.

  13. Jul 26, 2024 · Wizards of the Coast

    Any "enters" abilities of the copied creature will trigger when the token enters. Any "as [this creature] enters" or "[this creature] enters with" abilities of the copied creature will also work.

  14. Jul 26, 2024 · Wizards of the Coast

    You can pay an offspring cost only once as you cast a spell with offspring. You can't try to pay it multiple times to get more token copies.

  15. Jul 26, 2024 · Wizards of the Coast

    If the spell is countered, the offspring ability will not trigger, and no token will be created.

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Community

Decks using this card

2 public decks run Bushy Bodyguard.


MTGLegacy

Squirrel

RE
Redbaby9 days ago
400
MTGCommanderB3

Tokens, Chatterfang

Sambok
Sambok10 months ago
100