Nightkin Ambusher

Card text

Ward {2} (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {2}.)

When this creature enters, target player gets four rad counters.

This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player has a rad counter.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.23 (as of 2026-11-12).

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Format legality

Legality of Nightkin Ambusher by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

Other printings of Nightkin Ambusher

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Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Nightkin Ambusher, newest first.

• 2024-03-08 Any effects (such as proliferate) that interact with counters a player gets, has, or loses can interact with rad counters.
• 2024-03-08 If a player has fewer cards remaining in their library than the number of rad counters they have when the triggered ability resolves, they'll mill as many cards as they can.
• 2024-03-08 In a game using the shared team turns option, such as an Archenemy or Two-Headed Giant game, the inherent triggered ability associated with rad counters triggers once for each player on the active team that has rad counters. Each instance of that ability is controlled by one of those players.
• 2024-03-08 Keep track of how many rad counters each player has. Potential ways to track this include writing them down on paper or using dice, but any method that is clear and mutually agreeable is fine.
• 2024-03-08 Once Nightkin Ambusher has been blocked, giving the defending player a rad counter won't cause Nightkin Ambusher to become unblocked.
• 2024-03-08 Rad counters are a kind of counter that a player may have. They're not associated with any specific permanents.
• 2024-03-08 Rad counters don't go away as steps, phases, or turns end. They only go away when an effect instructs a player to remove rad counters from themselves.
• 2024-03-08 The cards are milled all at once, which means abilities that trigger "whenever one or more nonland cards are milled" will trigger exactly once as long as at least one nonland card was milled.

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