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Gossip's Talent
USD $0.30
USD foil $0.35
EUR €0.12
MTGO 0.03 tix

Gossip's Talent

{1}{U}

Enchantment — Class

(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)

Whenever a creature you control enters, surveil 1.

{1}{U}: Level 2

Whenever you attack, target attacking creature with power 3 or less can't be blocked this turn.

{3}{U}: Level 3

Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you may exile it, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control.

Surveil
Set
Bloomburrow (BLB #51)
Rarity
Uncommon
Mana value
2
Released
2024-08-02
Artist
Andrea Sipl
EDHREC rank
#4,408
Colour identity
{U}
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.07
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.

Combos 9

Wormfang Manta+Torpor Orb+Gossip's Talent
{U}
Infinite turnsLock
The Locust God+Matoya, Archon Elder+Gossip's Talent
{U}{R}
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite creature ETBNear-infinite creature tokens with haste
Wormfang Manta+Hushbringer+Gossip's Talent
{W}{U}
Infinite turnsLock
Wormfang Manta+Tocatli Honor Guard+Gossip's Talent
{W}{U}
Infinite turnsLock
Matoya, Archon Elder+Nadir Kraken+Gossip's Talent+Ashnod's Altar
{U}
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureNear-infinite colorless manaNear-infinite creature ETBNear-infinite creature LTBNear-infinite creature sacrifice triggersNear-infinite death triggers
Wormfang Manta+Hushwing Gryff+Gossip's Talent
{W}{U}
Infinite turnsLock
Matoya, Archon Elder+Nadir Kraken+Gossip's Talent+Thermopod
{U}{R}
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureNear-infinite creature ETBNear-infinite creature LTBNear-infinite creature sacrifice triggersNear-infinite death triggers
The Legend of Kuruk // Avatar Kuruk+Gossip's Talent+Brad Boimler, Eager Ensign
{W}{U}
Infinite turnsLock
Matoya, Archon Elder+Nadir Kraken+Gossip's Talent+Phyrexian Altar
{U}
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureNear-infinite creature ETBNear-infinite creature LTBNear-infinite creature sacrifice triggersNear-infinite death triggers

All 9 combos.

Format legality

Rulings

  • 2024-07-26

    Each Class has five abilities. The three in the major sections of its text box are class abilities. Class abilities can be static, activated, or triggered abilities. The other two are level abilities, one activated ability to advance the Class to level 2 and another to advance the Class to level 3.

  • 2024-07-26

    Each Class starts with only the first of its three class abilities. As the first level ability resolves, the Class becomes level 2 and gains the second class ability. As the second level ability resolves, the Class becomes level 3 and gains the third class ability.

  • 2024-07-26

    Gaining a level is a normal activated ability. It uses the stack and can be responded to.

  • 2024-07-26

    Gaining a level won't remove abilities that a Class had at a previous level.

  • 2024-07-26

    Gossip's Talent's level 3 class ability triggers once for each creature you control that deals combat damage to a player during that combat damage step. You choose the order those triggers are put onto the stack. They resolve one at a time; when one resolves, you choose whether or not to exile the appropriate creature.

  • 2024-07-26

    If a token is exiled this way, it will cease to exist and won't return to the battlefield.

  • 2024-07-26

    If the target creature's power is increased to 4 or greater after Gossip's Talent's level 2 class ability triggers but before it resolves, the ability doesn't resolve. However, if instead the creature's power is increased to 4 or greater after the ability resolves, it still can't be blocked that turn.

  • 2024-07-26

    If you choose to exile a creature with double strike when Gossip's Talent's level 3 class ability resolves, it won't be an attacking creature anymore when it returns to the battlefield, and it won't deal combat damage during the regular combat damage step.

  • 2024-07-26

    Once the exiled permanent returns, it's considered a new object with no relation to the object that it was. Auras attached to the exiled permanent will be put into their owners' graveyards. Equipment attached to the exiled permanent will become unattached and remain on the battlefield. Any counters on the exiled permanent will cease to exist.

  • 2024-07-26

    There's no restriction on how many Class permanents you can control, whether they're the same or different classes. Each Class permanent tracks its own level separately.

  • 2024-07-26

    You can't activate the first level ability of a Class unless that Class is level 1. Similarly, you can't activate the second level ability of a Class unless that Class is level 2.

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