Scolding Administrator
Creature — Dwarf Cleric
$0.18
Market price
$0.23
Foil
2
Public decks
Rules Text
Card Facts
Legality
Alchemy
LegalBrawl
LegalCommander
LegalCompetitive Brawl
LegalDuel Commander
LegalFuture
LegalGladiator
LegalHistoric
LegalLegacy
LegalModern
LegalOathbreaker
LegalPioneer
LegalStandard
LegalStandard Brawl
LegalTimeless
LegalTLR
LegalVintage
LegalOld School
Not legalPauper
Not legalPauper Commander
Not legalPenny Dreadful
Not legalPreDH
Not legalPremodern
Not legalRulings
- Mar 20, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast
It doesn't matter if the creature or creatures targeted by the spell that caused the repartee ability to trigger leave the battlefield or stop being creatures before that spell resolves. As long as that spell targeted one or more creatures when it was cast, the repartee ability will trigger and later resolve.
- Mar 20, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast
Scolding Administrator's last ability puts all counters that were on Scolding Administrator onto the target creature, not just its +1/+1 counters.
- 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 Scolding Administrator dies, you'll put the appropriate number of each kind of counter onto both The Ozolith and the target creature.
- Mar 20, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast
If enough -1/-1 counters are put on Scolding Administrator at the same time to make its toughness 0 or less, its last 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 target creature.
- Mar 20, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast
A repartee ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered or otherwise leaves the stack.
- Mar 20, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast
Scolding Administrator's last ability doesn't cause you to move counters from Scolding Administrator onto the target creature. Rather, you put the same number of each kind of counter Scolding Administrator had when it died onto the target creature.
- Mar 20, 2026 · Wizards of the Coast
If Scolding Administrator has -1/-1 counters on it when it dies, that ability will include those as well. This may result in the recipient of the counters dying.
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