Shivan Drake

UnOrthodox suppliment: Legal

Card Name:

Shivan Drake

Mana Cost:

{4}{U}{U}

Converted Mana Cost:

6

Types:

Creature — Drake

Rules Text:

Flying

{U}: If Shivan Drake’s power is greater than 0, it gets -1/-0 until end of turn. Put a -0/-1 counter on target creature. Activate this ability only if Shivan Drake is attacking, and if Shivan Drake’s power is greater than zero.

Power / Toughness:

5/5

Color:

Blue

Color Identity:

{U}

Watermark:

None

Border Type:

Black-bordered

This printing Illustrated by Allen G. Douglas
Printing: Altered States – InQuest #45

UnCommander Rulings

You may activate Shivan Drake’s ability no matter what its power is. However, if Shivan Drake’s power is 0 or less at the time the ability resolves, the ability won’t do anything. (Template from gatherer ruling for Lesser Werewolf 10/01/2009)

Shivan Drake
{4}{U}{U}
Summon Drake
Flying
{U}: Shivan Drake gets -1/-0 until end of turn. Put -0/-1 counter on target creature. Use this ability only when Shivan Drake is attacking and only when Drake’s power is greater than zero.
5/5

Illus. Allen G. Douglas

In the original text, you could activate Shivan Drake’s ability as many times as you like on the stack, as Shivan Drake’s power would only drop once the abilities started resolving. It would be more accurate to keep the original wording, but the intent seems to be that the ability is limited by Shivan Drake’s power, so the errata is to present that intent.
-Hamster