Elturel Survivors is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Trample, myriad (Whenever this creature attacks, for each opponent other than defending player, you may create a token copy that's tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker they control. Exile the tokens at end of combat.) As long as this creature is attacking, it gets +X/+0, where X is the number of lands defending player controls.
Complete guide
Elturel Survivors is a formidable Tiefling Peasant that turns an opponent's land count into raw power. By utilizing the myriad keyword, it can pressure every opponent at the table simultaneously, scaling its damage based on who it is currently charging toward.
How the Power Boost Works
Elturel Survivors has a static ability that checks the land count of the player it is attacking. As long as it is an attacking creature, its power is increased by X, where X equals the number of lands that specific defending player controls. Because each token created by myriad attacks a different opponent, each token will likely have a different power stat based on the land count of the player it is currently facing.
Resolving Myriad Step by Step
When you declare Elturel Survivors as an attacker, the myriad ability triggers. As the ability resolves, you may create a token copy for each opponent other than the defending player. These tokens enter the battlefield tapped and attacking those opponents or planeswalkers they control. At the end of the combat phase, a delayed triggered ability will exile these tokens. Note that because the tokens enter 'attacking,' they do not trigger 'whenever this creature attacks' abilities themselves.
Defining the Defending Player
In multiplayer games, 'defending player' refers to the player the creature is currently attacking or the controller of the planeswalker it is attacking. For the original Elturel Survivors, this is the player you declared it against during the declare attackers step. For the myriad tokens, each token's 'defending player' is the specific opponent that token was created to attack. If a player has ten lands and another has three, the Survivors attacking the first player will be significantly stronger.
Common Pitfalls
A common mistake is assuming the tokens trigger myriad again; they do not, as they are never 'declared' as attackers. Additionally, remember that the power boost only applies while the creature is attacking. Once combat ends or if the creature is removed from combat, the bonus disappears immediately. Also, if your only opponent is the one you originally attacked, myriad will result in zero tokens being created.
Interaction examples
Elturel SurvivorsYou attack Opponent A (who has 5 lands) with Elturel Survivors. Myriad triggers, creating a token attacking Opponent B (who has 8 lands). The original Survivors gets +5/+0, while the token copy attacking Opponent B gets +8/+0. Each calculates its bonus independently based on its respective defender.
Roaming ThroneYou have Roaming Throne on the battlefield with 'Tiefling' chosen as the creature type. When you attack with Elturel Survivors, myriad triggers twice. If you have two other opponents, you will create two tokens attacking each of them (four tokens total). All tokens are exiled at the end of combat.
Solemn SimulacrumIf an opponent uses an effect to put a land onto the battlefield during combat, such as the trigger from Solemn Simulacrum dying and being replaced by a land, the Elturel Survivors attacking that player will immediately gain an additional +1/+0. The power check is continuous as long as the creature is attacking.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Elturel Survivors
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
The term “defending player” in the myriad rules (or any other ability of an attacking creature) refers to the player the creature with myriad was attacking or the controller of the planeswalker it was attacking at the time the ability resolves. If that creature is no longer attacking, it refers to the player it was last attacking or the controller of the planeswalker it was last attacking.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
If the defending player is your only opponent, no tokens are put onto the battlefield.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
You choose whether each token is attacking the player or a planeswalker they control as the token is created. If it’s attacking a planeswalker, you choose which one.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
Although the tokens enter the battlefield attacking, they were never declared as attackers. Abilities that trigger whenever a creature attacks won’t trigger, including the myriad ability of the tokens. If there are any costs to have a creature attack, those costs won’t apply to the tokens.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
The tokens all enter the battlefield at the same time.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #6· Wizards of the Coast
Each token copies exactly what was printed on the original creature and nothing else. It doesn’t copy whether that creature is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, and so on.
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- #7· Wizards of the Coast
Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied creature will trigger when the tokens enter the battlefield. Any “as [this permanent] enters the battlefield” or “[this permanent] enters the battlefield with” abilities of the copied creature will also work.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #8· Wizards of the Coast
If myriad creates more than one token for any given player (due to an effect such as the one Doubling Season creates), you may choose separately for each token whether it’s attacking the player or a planeswalker they control.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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