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Norin, Swift Survivalist

Norin, Swift Survivalist

Legendary Creature — Human Coward

Norin fits a red deck built around Cowards or Humans. Its deck may only use red cards, plus colorless ones.

  • Mana costred
  • Red ()
  • Power / toughness2 / 1
  • RarityUncommon

Norin can't block.

Whenever a creature you control becomes blocked, you may exile it. You may play that card from exile this turn.

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Themes
  • Cowards
  • Humans

Rulings for Norin, Swift Survivalist

explain how Norin 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 20 Sep 2024

Norin's last ability triggers before combat damage is dealt. If you choose to exile the creature, it won't deal or receive combat damage.

Wizards of the Coast 20 Sep 2024

You pay all costs and follow all timing rules for cards played this way. For example, if a card exiled with Norin's last ability is a creature card without flash, you may cast that creature spell only during your main phase while the stack is empty.

2 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 glossaryRPlayers write colors as letters: R for red.