Haste

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A creature with haste can attack and use {T} abilities the turn it comes under your control. It ignores the standard "summoning sickness" delay.

How it works

• Without haste, a creature can't attack or use tap abilities until you've controlled it continuously since the start of your most recent turn.
• Haste removes that restriction.
• Haste does not let a creature do anything else it couldn't normally do -- it just removes the summoning sickness rule.

Common interactions

• Bouncing and re-casting: Returning a creature to your hand resets summoning sickness; haste protects against that.
• Stealing creatures: Stealing an opponent's creature gives it summoning sickness for you. Haste effects let you attack with it that turn.
• Token doublers and ETB triggers: Haste enables turn-of-summon attacks for tokens and freshly-cast creatures.

Rule reference

[702.10] -- summoning sickness lives in [302.6].