Karplusan Minotaur
- Mana cost
- {2}{R}{R}
- Type
- Creature — Minotaur Warrior
- Power / toughness
- 3 / 3
- Set
- The List #CSP-86 (rare)
Cumulative upkeep—Flip a coin. (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
Whenever you win a coin flip, this creature deals 1 damage to any target.
Whenever you lose a coin flip, this creature deals 1 damage to any target of an opponent's choice.
Karplusan Minotaur has 2 printings, first in Coldsnap (2006). EDHREC ranks it #9,495 among Commander cards. It appears most in Okaun, Eye of Chaos // Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom decks (7,431 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 4 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Karplusan Minotaur
- Heads I Win, Tails You Lose - Secret Lair Drop, led by Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom
Commanders that run Karplusan Minotaur most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Okaun, Eye of Chaos // Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom: 7,431 decks
- Yusri, Fortune's Flame: 3,028 decks
- Setzer, Wandering Gambler: 862 decks
- Chira, All In: 238 decks
- Krark, the Thumbless: 47 decks
- Brothers Yamazaki: 41 decks
- Okaun, Eye of Chaos: 16 decks
- Wyll, Blade of Frontiers: 4 decks
Often played with Karplusan Minotaur
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If a spell or ability uses a coin flip to determine what happens on a heads result versus a tails result, the flipping player doesn’t call “heads” or “tails.” Such flips have no winner or loser.
- : When Karplusan Minotaur’s cumulative upkeep ability resolves, you either flip a number of coins equal to the number of age counters on it, or you sacrifice it. Once you start to flip, you can’t stop; you must continue until all flips are made. If you flip, you call heads or tails for each flip. Each time you’re right, the Minotaur’s second ability triggers. Each time you’re wrong, the Minotaur’s third ability triggers. The triggers wait until after you’re done flipping, then they all go on the stack in whatever order you choose. Each may have a different target.
- : The coin flip rules have changed. You now win or lose a flip only if *you* flipped the coin. If your opponent loses a flip, that no longer means that you win that flip. Only coin flips caused by cards that say “win” and/or “lose” anywhere on them have a winner or loser.
- : The Minotaur’s last two abilities will trigger whenever you win or lose any coin flip. For example, if you cast Stitch in Time, one of the Minotaur’s abilities will trigger.