Mausoleum Harpy
Creature — Harpy
Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.)
Whenever another creature you control dies, if you have the city's blessing, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Legal in
Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Brawl, Historic
Rulings (8)
Once you have the city’s blessing, you have it for the rest of the game, even if you lose control of some or all of your permanents. The city’s blessing isn’t a permanent itself and can’t be removed by any effect.
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A permanent is any object on the battlefield, including tokens and lands. Spells and emblems aren’t permanents.
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If you cast a spell with ascend, you don’t get the city’s blessing until it resolves. Players may respond to that spell by trying to change whether you get the city’s blessing.
2018-01-19
Some cards have triggered abilities with an intervening “if” clause that checks whether you have the city’s blessing. These are worded “[Trigger condition], if you have the city’s blessing, [effect].” You must already have the city’s blessing in order for these abilities to trigger; otherwise they do nothing. In other words, there’s no way to have the ability trigger if you don’t have the city’s blessing, even if you intend to get it in response to the triggered ability.
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