Descendant of Masumaro

Creature — Human Monk

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature for each card in your hand, then remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature for each card in target opponent's hand.

1 / 1

Set: Saviors of Kamigawa (SOK #126)
Rarity: Uncommon
Mana value: 3
Released: 2005-06-03
Artist: Rob Alexander
EDHREC rank: #29,136
Colour identity
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 0.29

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

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Format legality

Standard Not legal

Pioneer Not legal

Modern Legal

Legacy Legal

Vintage Legal

Pauper Not legal

Commander Legal

Oathbreaker Legal

Duel Commander Legal

Brawl Not legal

Standard Brawl Not legal

Historic Not legal

Timeless Not legal

Alchemy Not legal

Penny Not legal

Premodern Not legal

PreDH Legal

Pauper EDH Not legal

Old School Not legal

Future Not legal

Gladiator Not legal

All printings Scryfall ↗Gatherer ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

2005-06-01
All +1/+1 counters on Descendant of Masumaro are removed, including those put on it by other effects.
2005-06-01
Descendant of Masumaro’s printed power and toughness is 1/1, so removing all the +1/+1 counters usually doesn’t reduce the creature’s toughness to 0.
2005-06-01
The counters are added and then removed without a pause for priority or state-based actions being checked in between.