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Agrus Kos, Eternal Soldier

Agrus Kos, Eternal Soldier

Legendary Creature — Spirit Soldier

Agrus Kos wants a deck that casts lots of instant and sorcery spells. It also works in a deck built around Soldiers or Spirits.

  • Mana cost3 genericwhite
  • White, Red ()
  • Power / toughness3 / 4
  • RarityRare

Vigilance

Whenever Agrus Kos becomes the target of an ability that targets only it, you may pay 1 genericred or white. If you do, copy that ability for each other creature you control that ability could target. Each copy targets a different one of those creatures. (red or white can be paid with either red or white.)

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Archetypes

Cards That Fit Agrus Kos, Eternal Soldier

Picked for what they do in Agrus Kos's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Agrus Kos's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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Rulings for Agrus Kos, Eternal Soldier

explain how Agrus Kos works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary

Wizards of the Coast 2 Dec 2022

Any creature you control that can't be targeted by the copied ability (due to protection abilities, targeting restrictions, or any other reason) is just ignored. No copy is created for that creature.

Wizards of the Coast 2 Dec 2022

If an ability has multiple targets, but it's targeting Agrus Kos with all of them, the last ability triggers. In that case, each of the copies will also target only one of those creatures.

Wizards of the Coast 2 Dec 2022

If the ability that's copied has an X whose value was determined as it was put on the stack, the copies have the same value of X.

Wizards of the Coast 2 Dec 2022

If the ability that's copied is modal (that is, it says "Choose one —" or the like), the copies will have the same mode. Their controller can't choose a different one.

Wizards of the Coast 2 Dec 2022

The controller of Agrus Kos controls all the copies, no matter which player controlled the original ability. That player chooses the order the copies are put on the stack. The original ability will be on the stack beneath those copies and will resolve last.

Wizards of the Coast 2 Dec 2022

The last ability triggers whenever Agrus Kos, Eternal Soldier becomes the target of an ability that targets it and no other object or player. It doesn't matter who controls the ability.

6 rulings, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

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Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryWRPlayers write colors as letters: W for white, R for red.SpellslingerSpellslinger decks cast lots of instants and sorceries, one-time spells, and play creatures that reward every spell you cast. Instants and sorceries take effect once and then go to your graveyard, and an instant can even be cast during another player's turn.Open the Spellslinger pageSpell CopyingCopies a spell or an ability. The copy is not cast, so it costs nothing extra and does not set off cards that care about casting a spell. Reverberate, Storm-Kiln ArtistOpen the Spell Copying page