Startling Development

set	min	mtgo
-	0.20	0.03 tix

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Name	Startling Development
Type	Instant
Description	Until end of turn, target creature becomes a blue Serpent with base power and toughness 4/4. Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Flavor	Remarkably, dinner continued with no further interruptions.
Artist	Simon Dominic
Set	Jumpstart 2022 #350
Wallpaper	download
Image	download

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About Startling Development

Startling Development, Instant, designed by Simon Dominic first released in Apr, 2020 in the set Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths and was printed exactly in 3 different ways. It see play in 1 formats: Commander. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of 0.20.

This card, Startling Development, would be beneficial in a deck that focuses on tempo and creature transformation strategies, especially in a blue-based deck with a focus on manipulating creature types. While it offers versatility with its cycling ability, there are potentially better options like Polymorph or Rapid Hybridization that provide more impactful effects. However, Startling Development could see play in decks looking for additional ways to disrupt the opponent's board state or surprise them with unexpected threats.

Rules

04/17/20

Startling Development overwrites all previous effects that set the affected creatures’ color, creature types, power, and/or toughness to specific values. Other effects that set these characteristics to specific values that start to apply after Startling Development resolves will overwrite that part of the effect.

04/17/20

The affected creature doesn’t lose any abilities when it becomes a Serpent.