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Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph

Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph

Legendary Creature — Tyranid Human

Ghyrson Starn wants a deck that makes attacking it too costly, so opponents fight each other. It also works in a deck built around Humans or Tyranids.

  • Mana cost1 genericbluered
  • Blue, Red ()
  • Power / toughness3 / 2
  • RarityRare

Ward 2 generic (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays 2 generic.)

Three Autostubs — Whenever another source you control deals exactly 1 damage to a permanent or player, Ghyrson Starn deals 2 damage to that permanent or player.

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Archetypes
Themes
  • Humans
  • Tyranids
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Cards That Fit Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph

Picked for what they do in Ghyrson Starn's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Ghyrson Starn'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 Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph

explain how Ghyrson Starn 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 7 Oct 2022

If another source deals exactly 1 damage to a permanent or player multiple times or deals exactly 1 damage to multiple permanents and/or players simultaneously, Ghryson Starn, Kellermorph's last ability triggers that many times.

1 ruling, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

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Commanders that share the most with Ghyrson Starn, and what they share.

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 glossaryURPlayers write colors as letters: U for blue, R for red. Blue is U because B was already taken by black.PillowfortPillowfort decks make attacking you so costly or unappealing that opponents attack each other instead. Cards like Ghostly Prison make a player pay mana for every creature that attacks you, buying time for your own plan.Open the Pillowfort pageProtectionA creature with protection from something, like a color, is safe from anything with that quality. It cannot be damaged, enchanted or equipped, blocked, or targeted by it, and players remember the four with the word DEBT. It does not stop effects that neither target nor damage, like a board wipe that destroys every creature. ProgenitusOpen the Protection page