Kate Stewart wants a deck that makes an army of small creatures and attacks with all of them. It also suits a deck that plays cheap creatures and attacks from the first turns.
Mana cost
White, Blue, Red ()
Power / toughness3 / 3
RarityRare
Whenever you put one or more time counters on a permanent you control, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token.
Whenever Kate Stewart attacks, you may pay . If you do, attacking creatures get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of time counters among permanents you control.
Picked for what they do in Kate Stewart's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Kate Stewart'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.Open the full glossary
explain how Kate Stewart 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 Coast13 Oct 2023
Kate Stewart's first ability triggers only when you put time counters on permanents. It does not trigger when you put time counters on cards in exile.
Wizards of the Coast13 Oct 2023
Similarly, its last ability counts only time counters on permanents, not on cards you own in exile.
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 glossaryWURPlayers write colors as letters: W for white, U for blue, R for red. Blue is U because B was already taken by black.TokensToken decks fill the battlefield with small creatures made by their cards, then attack with all of them or make them all bigger at once. A token is a creature (or other object) that a card creates, not a card from your deck.Open the Tokens pageOverrunMakes your whole team bigger at once, usually with trample or another way past blockers. It turns a big group of creatures into a winning attack. Craterhoof Behemoth, Akroma's WillOpen the Overrun pageToken EngineMakes tokens again and again rather than once. A token is a creature or other permanent created by a card, with no card of its own. Something that makes one token gives you a body; something that makes them every turn gives you a board you can keep rebuilding after it is cleared. Grave Titan, Bitterblossom, OphiomancerOpen the Token Engine pageToken MakerCreates one or more tokens. Different cards make very different ones: creatures Grave Titan, Treasures Smothering Tithe, Clues Tireless Tracker or Food Gilded Goose. This is one of our largest tags, so pair it with an archetype or theme when you are hunting a specific kind.Open the Token Maker pageCombat TrickAn instant you cast during a fight to change how it ends: making a creature bigger or smaller, or keeping your creatures from dying. Boros Charm, Flawless ManeuverOpen the Combat Trick pageAggroAggro decks play cheap creatures early and attack every turn, trying to knock opponents out before their bigger plans come together.Open the Aggro page
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. If you do, attacking creatures get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of time counters among permanents you control.
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