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Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
Legendary Creature — Ogre Warrior
Kazuul wants a deck that makes an army of small creatures and attacks with all of them. It also works in a deck built around Ogres / Orcs or Warriors.
- Mana cost
- Red ()
- Power / toughness5 / 4
- RarityRare
Whenever a creature an opponent controls attacks, if you're the defending player, create a 3/3 red Ogre creature token unless that creature's controller pays .
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Cards That Fit Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
Picked for what they do in Kazuul's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Kazuul'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.
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Rulings for Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
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As the ability resolves, you can't put the Ogre token onto the battlefield without explicitly giving the attacking player the option to pay {3}, even if the attacking player has forgotten about this ability.
If an attacking creature has a "Whenever this creature attacks" ability, that ability is put on the stack first, then Kazuul's ability is put on the stack. Although Kazuul's ability will resolve first, and potentially create an Ogre token, any target of the other ability will already have been chosen at this point, and thus could not have been the new Ogre token.
If you're the defending player, Kazuul's ability triggers once for each creature that attacks, not just once per combat. The attacking player chooses whether to pay {3} or let you have an Ogre token each time one of those abilities resolves.
In a multiplayer game, the ability checks whether you're the defending player for each individual attacking creature. For example, if one creature attacks you and two creatures attack another player, Kazuul's ability triggers just once.
The ability triggers and resolves during the declare attackers step. If you put an Ogre token onto the battlefield as a result, you may block with it during that combat phase.
You're the defending player if a creature is attacking you, a planeswalker you control, or a battle you protect.
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