Startle
- Mana cost
- {1}{U}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Innistrad: Double Feature #78 (common)
- Price
- $0.33 USD
Target creature gets -2/-0 until end of turn. Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token with decayed. (It can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.)
Draw a card.
Startle has 3 printings, first in Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (2021). EDHREC ranks it #15,599 among Commander cards. It appears most in Anhelo, the Painter decks (939 on EDHREC). It has 4 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Startle most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Anhelo, the Painter: 939 decks
- Jalira, Master Polymorphist: 767 decks
- Geralf, the Fleshwright: 526 decks
- Nephilim Epochal: 141 decks
- Raff, Weatherlight Stalwart: 70 decks
- Jason Bright, Glowing Prophet: 36 decks
- Stitcher Geralf: 14 decks
- Glacian, Powerstone Engineer: 1 decks
Often played with Startle
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Decayed represents a static ability and a triggered ability. "Decayed" means "This creature can't block" and "When this creature attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat."
- : Once a creature with decayed attacks, it will be sacrificed at end of combat, even if it no longer has decayed at that time.
- : Decayed does not grant haste. Creatures with decayed that enter the battlefield during your turn may not attack until your next turn.
- : Decayed does not create any attacking requirements. You may choose not to attack with a creature that has decayed.