Resilient Khenra 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
When this creature enters, you may have target creature get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is this creature's power. Eternalize(
Complete guide
Resilient Khenra is a versatile creature from the Hour of Devastation set that provides a significant power boost to your board twice. Its ability to return from the graveyard as a formidable 4/4 Zombie makes it a recurring threat that scales throughout the game.
What It Does
Resilient Khenra has a triggered ability that occurs when it enters the battlefield. You may target a creature to receive a +X/+X bonus until the end of the turn, where X is Resilient Khenra's current power. Additionally, it features the Eternalize mechanic, allowing you to pay a mana cost to exile it from your graveyard and create a 4/4 black Zombie token copy of itself.
How It Resolves Step by Step
When Resilient Khenra enters the battlefield, its ability is put onto the stack and you choose a target creature. The value of X is determined only when the ability resolves. If Resilient Khenra is no longer on the battlefield at that moment, the game uses its last known information (its power before it left) to determine the bonus. If its power is negative when the ability resolves, X is treated as 0. Once the bonus is granted, it does not change, even if Resilient Khenra's power changes later in the turn.
Common Mistakes
A common point of confusion is how Eternalize affects the token's attributes. The resulting token is always a black Zombie with a base power and toughness of 4/4, regardless of the original card's stats. Furthermore, the token has no mana cost, meaning its mana value is 0. Players often forget that if they have priority during their main phase and Resilient Khenra is in the graveyard, they can activate Eternalize before an opponent has a chance to exile the card with other effects.
When to Play It
Resilient Khenra is best utilized in aggressive decks that benefit from temporary stat boosts to push through damage. Because the Eternalize token is a 4/4, the enter-the-battlefield trigger becomes much stronger the second time it is played, providing a +4/+4 buff to itself or another key attacker.
Interaction examples
Resilient Khenra
Llanowar ElvesYou cast Resilient Khenra. When it enters the battlefield, you target Llanowar Elves with its ability. Since Resilient Khenra has 2 power, the Llanowar Elves gets +2/+2, becoming a 3/3 until the end of the turn.
Birds of ParadiseYou activate the Eternalize ability of Resilient Khenra by paying {4}{G}{G} and exiling it from your graveyard. A 4/4 black Zombie token copy enters the battlefield. You target Birds of Paradise with the new trigger. Because the token's power is 4, the Birds of Paradise gets +4/+4, transforming your small flyer into a 4/5 threat for the turn.
When Resilient Khenra enters the battlefield, you can choose to target Resilient Khenra itself with its own ability. If it is the 2/2 version, it becomes a 4/4. If it is the 4/4 Eternalized token version, it becomes an 8/8 until the end of the turn.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Resilient Khenra
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
The value of X is determined only as Resilient Khenra's triggered ability resolves. Once that happens, the value of X won't change later in the turn even if Resilient Khenra's power changes.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
If Resilient Khenra leaves the battlefield before its triggered ability resolves, use its power as it last existed on the battlefield to determine the value of X.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
If Resilient Khenra's power is negative as its triggered ability resolves, X is considered to be 0. (This is a change from previous rules.)
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
For each card with eternalize, a corresponding game play supplement token can be found in some Hour of Devastation booster packs. These supplements are not required to play with cards with eternalize; you can use the same items to represent an eternalized token as you would any other token.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
If a creature card with eternalize is put into your graveyard during your main phase, you'll have priority immediately afterward. You can activate its eternalize ability before any player can try to exile it, such as with Crook of Condemnation, if it's legal for you to do so.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #6· Wizards of the Coast
Once you've activated an eternalize ability, the card is immediately exiled. Opponents can't try to stop the ability by exiling the card with an effect such as that of Crook of Condemnation.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #7· Wizards of the Coast
The token copies exactly what was printed on the original card and nothing else, except the characteristics specifically modified by eternalize. It doesn't copy any information about the object the card was before it was put into your graveyard.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #8· Wizards of the Coast
The token is a Zombie in addition to its other types and is black instead of its other colors. Its base power and toughness are 4/4. It has no mana cost, and thus its mana value is 0. These are copiable values of the token that other effects may copy.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #9· Wizards of the Coast
If the card copied by the token had any "when [this permanent] enters the battlefield" abilities, then the token also has those abilities and will trigger them when it's created. Similarly, any "as [this permanent] enters the battlefield" or "[this permanent] enters the battlefield with" abilities that the token has copied will also work.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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