Agate Instigator (PLST #BLC-21)

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Agate Instigator — The List

Agate Instigator is a rare printing from The List (PLST #BLC-21), a Creature — Lizard Rogue. Illustrated by Quintin Gleim.

Card text

Offspring {1}{R} (You may pay an additional {1}{R} as you cast this spell. If you do, when this creature enters, create a 1/1 token copy of it.)

Whenever another creature you control enters, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Details

Mana cost {1}{R}
Type Creature — Lizard Rogue
Power / Toughness 1 / 3
Rarity Rare
Set The List (PLST)
Collector number BLC-21
Artist Quintin Gleim
Released 2026-10-19

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Legality

Standard Not legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Not legal
Timeless Not legal
Gladiator Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Not legal
Legacy Legal
Pauper Not legal
Vintage Legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Not legal
Alchemy Not legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
Duel Commander Legal
Old School Not legal
Premodern Not legal
PrEDH Not legal
TLR Legal

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Rulings

  • July 26, 2024 — 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.
  • July 26, 2024 — If the spell is countered, the offspring ability will not trigger, and no token will be created.
  • July 26, 2024 — 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.
  • July 26, 2024 — 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.
  • July 26, 2024 — 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.
  • July 26, 2024 — 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.
  • July 26, 2024 — 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.
  • July 26, 2024 — 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.
  • July 26, 2024 — 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.

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