Rhovanion Rampager 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
Whenever this creature attacks, you may sacrifice another creature. If you do, put a number of +1/+1 counters on this creature equal to the sacrificed creature's power. When this creature dies, amass Goblins X, where X is this creature's power. (Put X +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It's also a Goblin. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Goblin Army creature token first.)
How it works : Rhovanion Rampager
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Some cards refer to the "amassed Army." That means the Army creature you chose to receive counters, even if no counters were placed on it for some reason.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
Amass Orcs works the same way, except you create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token if you don't control an Army. And if the Army creature you chose isn't already an Orc, it becomes an Orc in addition to its other types. By combining cards with amass Orcs and amass Goblins, you can end up with a Goblin Orc Army.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
Use the sacrificed creature's power as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how many counters Rhovanion Rampager gets.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
Some spells and abilities that amass Goblins may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. You won't amass Goblins.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
In the rare case that you control multiple Army creatures (perhaps because you control a creature with changeling) while you amass Goblins, you choose which of your Army creatures to put the +1/+1 counters on. If that creature isn't a Goblin, it becomes a Goblin in addition to its other types.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #6· Wizards of the Coast
If you don't control an Army, the Goblin Army token you create enters the battlefield as a 0/0 creature before receiving counters. Any abilities that trigger when a creature with a certain power enters the battlefield, such as that of Mentor of the Meek, will see the token enter as a 0/0 creature before it gets +1/+1 counters.
Card named in this ruling
- #7· Wizards of the Coast
To amass Goblins N, if you don't control an Army creature, create a 0/0 black Goblin Army creature token. Then you choose an Army creature you control and put N +1/+1 counters on it. If that Army isn't already a Goblin, it becomes a Goblin in addition to its other types.
Card named in this ruling
Popular combos
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Tayam, Luminous Enigma + Ashnod's Altar + Rhovanion Rampager
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Rhovanion Rampager, adding
. - 2When Rhovanion Rampager dies, it creates a creature token with at least three counters on it, including a vigilance counter due to Tayam.
- 3Activate Tayam by paying
and removing one counter from the creature token and two counters from other creature you control, milling three cards and returning Rhovanion Rampager from your graveyard to the battlefield with a vigilance counter on it. - 4Activate Tayam again by paying and removing a vigilance counter from Rhovanion Rampager and two counters from the creature token.
- 5Holding priority, activate Ashnod's Altar twice by sacrificing Rhovanion Rampager and the creature token, adding .
- 6When Rhovanion Rampager dies, it creates a creature token with at least three counters on it, including a vigilance counter due to Tayam.
- 7Resolve Tayam's ability, milling yourself three cards and returning Rhovanion Rampager from your graveyard to the battlefield with a vigilance counter on it.
- 8Repeat from step 4.
Nim Deathmantle + Ashnod's Altar + Rhovanion Rampager
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Rhovanion Rampager, adding .
- 2When Rhovanion Rampager dies, it and Nim Deathmantle trigger,
- 3Resolve the Rhovanion Rampager trigger, creating a creature token.
- 4Holding priority, activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing a creature token, adding .
- 5Resolve the Nim Deathmantle trigger, causing you to pay
to return Rhovanion Rampager from your graveyard to the battlefield and attach Nim Deathmantle to it. - 6Repeat.
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