It That Heralds the End 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
Colorless spells you cast with mana value 7 or greater costless to cast. Other colorless creatures you control get +1/+1.
Complete guide
It That Heralds the End is a versatile Eldrazi Drone that acts as both a mana accelerator and a powerful anthem for your board. It specifically rewards players for leaning into high-cost colorless spells while bolstering your existing colorless army.
What It Does
This creature provides two distinct benefits. First, it offers a cost reduction of {1} for any colorless spells you cast with a mana value of 7 or higher. Second, it serves as a lord for your other colorless creatures, granting them a +1/+1 power and toughness boost. Note that the cost reduction applies to any colorless spell, including artifacts or Eldrazi, as long as its mana value is 7 or greater.
How It Resolves Step by Step
When you attempt to cast a spell, you first determine its mana value. If that value is 7 or greater and the spell is colorless, It That Heralds the End applies its reduction during the 'Determine Total Cost' step. You start with the base mana cost (or alternative cost), add any increases, and then subtract this reduction. Importantly, reducing the cost paid does not change the spell's actual mana value on the stack.
Common Mistakes
A frequent error is assuming this card reduces its own cost or provides an anthem to itself; however, the ability specifically states 'other' colorless creatures. Additionally, remember that mana value is determined by the symbols in the top right corner of a card. Paying {6} for a 7-mana spell because of this reduction does not make the spell's mana value 6; it remains 7.
When to Play It
This Drone is best deployed early in the game to setup for massive finishers. Since it is a creature itself, it can participate in combat, especially when supported by other colorless threats. It is particularly effective in decks utilizing high-cost Eldrazi or massive artifact spells that otherwise take too long to reach.
Interaction examples
Ornithopter of ParadiseWhile Ornithopter of Paradise is on the battlefield, casting It That Heralds the End will immediately grant the Ornithopter +1/+1. The Ornithopter of Paradise becomes a 1/3 flying creature because it is a colorless creature, but It That Heralds the End remains a 2/2.
Foundry InspectorIf you control both It That Heralds the End and Foundry Inspector, and you cast a colorless artifact spell with a mana value of 7, both reductions apply. You will apply the {1} reduction from Foundry Inspector and the {1} reduction from It That Heralds the End, for a total savings of {2}.
If you cast a colorless spell with {X} in its mana cost, such as an Eldrazi with a variable cost, you choose the value of X first. If X is large enough that the total mana value is 7 or greater, It That Heralds the End will then reduce the final amount of mana you need to pay by {1}.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : It That Heralds the End
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions (such as that of It That Heralds the End). The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
For spells with
in their mana costs, use the value chosen for X to determine the spell's mana value.No other card is named in this ruling.
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