Harsh Mentor
Creature — Human Cleric
Whenever an opponent activates an ability of an artifact, creature, or land on the battlefield, if it isn't a mana ability, this creature deals 2 damage to that player.
"A time may come soon when there will be need of valor without renown. Yet the deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised." —Aragorn
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- Set
- Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC #221)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 2
- Released
- 2023-06-23
- Artist
- Elizabeth Peiró
- EDHREC rank
- #2,404
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Nonfoil
- Served from
- Local database
Commander bracket
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Combos
Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.
Format legality
Rulings
- 2017-04-18
Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keyword abilities (such as equip) are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text. An activated mana ability is one that produces mana as it resolves, not one that costs mana to activate. Notably, exerting a creature isn't an activated ability.
- 2017-04-18
Harsh Mentor's ability doesn't trigger when an opponent activates an ability of a card in hand (such as cycling) or a card in a graveyard (such as embalm), even if that causes a card to be put onto the battlefield.
- 2017-04-18
Harsh Mentor's ability resolves before the ability that caused it to trigger.