Polukranos, Unchained PTHB

Other printings of "Polukranos, Unchained": PTHB #224p PTHB #224s THB #224 THB #342 PRM #79931

Card

id	82845
artist	Chris Rahn
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asciiName
attractionLights
availability	paper
boosterTypes
borderColor	black
colorIdentity	B, G
colorIndicator
colors	B, G
defense
duelDeck
edhrecRank	9888
edhrecSaltiness	0.14
faceConvertedManaCost
faceFlavorName
faceManaValue
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finishes	foil
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flavorText
frameEffects	legendary
frameVersion	2015
hand
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hasFoil	1
hasNonFoil	0
isAlternative	1
isFullArt
isFunny
isGameChanger
isOnlineOnly
isOversized
isPromo	1
isRebalanced
isReprint	1
isReserved
isStarter	1
isStorySpotlight
isTextless
isTimeshifted
keywords	Escape, Fight
language	English
layout	normal
leadershipSkills	{'brawl': False, 'commander': True, 'oathbreaker': False}
life
loyalty
manaCost	{2}{B}{G}
manaValue	4
name	Polukranos, Unchained
number	224s
originalPrintings
originalReleaseDate
originalText
otherFaceIds
power	0
printings	PRM, PTHB, THB
promoTypes	prerelease, datestamped
rarity	mythic
rebalancedPrintings
relatedCards
securityStamp	oval
setCode	PTHB
side
signature
sourceProducts
subsets
subtypes	Zombie, Hydra
supertypes	Legendary
text	Polukranos enters with six +1/+1 counters on it. It escapes with twelve +1/+1 counters on it instead. If damage would be dealt to Polukranos while it has a +1/+1 counter on it, prevent that damage and remove that many +1/+1 counters from it. {1}{B}{G}: Polukranos fights another target creature. Escape—{4}{B}{G}, Exile six other cards from your graveyard.
toughness	0
type	Legendary Creature — Zombie Hydra
types	Creature
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variations	e5464075-aa7b-58ee-b2a5-c6cb699345d5
watermark
setName	Theros Beyond Death Promos

Identifiers

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Legalities

id	82845
alchemy
brawl	Legal
commander	Legal
duel	Legal
future
gladiator	Legal
historic	Legal
legacy	Legal
modern	Legal
oathbreaker	Legal
oldschool
pauper
paupercommander
penny	Legal
pioneer	Legal
predh
premodern
standard
standardbrawl
timeless	Legal
uuid	d81d9474-84d7-5fd2-b455-80122ee2dec5
vintage	Legal

Purchase URLs

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tcgplayer	https://mtgjson.com/links/8c438907e996e633
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Foreign Data (per language)

No foreign data.

Rulings

date	text
2020-01-24	After an escaped spell resolves, it returns to its owner's graveyard if it's not a permanent spell. If it is a permanent spell, it enters the battlefield and will return to its owner's graveyard if it dies later. Perhaps it will escape again—good underworld security is so hard to come by these days.
2020-01-24	Escape's permission doesn't change when you may cast the spell from your graveyard.
2020-01-24	If a card has multiple abilities giving you permission to cast it, such as two escape abilities or an escape ability and a flashback ability, you choose which one to apply. The others have no effect.
2020-01-24	If a card with escape is put into your graveyard during your turn, you'll be able to cast it right away if it's legal to do so, before an opponent can take any actions.
2020-01-24	If an amount of damage would be dealt to Polukranos greater than the number of +1/+1 counters on it, all of that damage is prevented, and all of those counters are removed. In most cases, this will result in Polukranos having 0 toughness, so it will be put into its owner's graveyard.
2020-01-24	If damage that can't be prevented is dealt to Polukranos, the damage is dealt and you'll simultaneously remove that many +1/+1 counters from it, all before the game checks for lethal damage.
2020-01-24	If the target creature is an illegal target when Polukranos's activated ability tries to resolve, the ability doesn't resolve. If Polukranos is no longer on the battlefield, the target creature won't deal or be dealt damage.
2020-01-24	If you cast a spell with its escape permission, you can't choose to apply any other alternative costs or to cast it without paying its mana cost. If it has any additional costs, you must pay those.
2020-01-24	Once you begin casting a spell with escape, it immediately moves to the stack. Players can't take any other actions until you're done casting the spell.
2020-01-24	To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as an escape cost), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was and no matter whether an alternative cost was paid.