Toothy, Imaginary Friend
Toothy, Imaginary Friend
Partner with Pir, Imaginative Rascal (When this creature enters the battlefield, target player may put Pir into their hand from their library, then shuffle.)
Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on Toothy, Imaginary Friend.
When Toothy leaves the battlefield, draw a card for each +1/+1 counter on it.
illus. Zoltan Boros # 12/254
Oracle Text
Partner with Pir, Imaginative Rascal (When this creature enters the battlefield, target player may put Pir into their hand from their library, then shuffle.)
Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on Toothy, Imaginary Friend.
When Toothy leaves the battlefield, draw a card for each +1/+1 counter on it.
Sooo... if I hypothetically target this creature with ghostly flicker, does this card return to the battlefield in time to get all of its +1/+1 counters back (doubled if I have Pir since each trigger would add 2 counters)?
One thing I really like about this is that the "leaves the battlefield" clause here instead of "Dies" doesn't put commander players in the same awkward one-hit-wonder spot that cards like Elenda, the Dusk Rose do.
My question was merely whether Toothy returns into play in time to witness you drawing cards off of its "leaves the battlefield" trigger, triggering its first ability to return the counters and turning ghostly flicker into an awesome draw spell.