Laccolith Whelp
- Mana cost
- {R}
- Type
- Creature — Beast
- Power / toughness
- 1 / 1
- Set
- Nemesis #91 (common)
- Price
- $0.12 USD
Whenever this creature becomes blocked, you may have it deal damage equal to its power to target creature. If you do, this creature assigns no combat damage this turn.
Laccolith Whelp has 1 printing, first in Nemesis (2000). EDHREC ranks it #26,474 among Commander cards. It appears most in Norin, Swift Survivalist decks (456 on EDHREC). It has 4 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Laccolith Whelp most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Norin, Swift Survivalist: 456 decks
Often played with Laccolith Whelp
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : The ability allows you to deal damage during the declare blockers step of combat, which is well before even first strike creatures deal damage.
- : The ability is optional. You can decide to allow it to deal combat damage as normal.
- : It can target any creature on the battlefield, not just one of the ones blocking it.
- : The ability triggers even if a spell or ability makes it blocked, instead of being blocked by a creature.