Herbology Instructor // Malady Invoker

Herbology Instructor

one generic mana one green mana Creature — Treefolk DruidPower and toughness1/3

When this creature enters, you gain 3 life.

six generic mana one black mana or two life : Transform this creature. Activate only as a sorcery. ( can be paid with either or 2 life.)

"As you see, these flowers . . . can have either restorative or poisonous . . . what is that?"

Malady Invoker

Creature — Phyrexian TreefolkPower and toughness3/3

When this creature transforms into Malady Invoker, target creature an opponent controls gets -0/-X until end of turn, where X is this creature's power.

"How dare you leave before my lesson is done!"

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Herbology Instructor // Malady Invoker rulings

2023-04-14
Use Malady Invoker’s power as its ability resolves to determine the value of X. If Malady Invoker is no longer on the battlefield at that time, use its power when it was last on the battlefield.

Herbology Instructor // Malady Invoker keyword rules

Transform Rule 701.28

To transform a permanent, turn it over so that its other face is up. Only transforming tokens and permanents represented by transforming double-faced cards can transform. (See rule , “Double-Faced Cards.”)

Although transforming a permanent uses the same physical action as turning a permanent face up or face down, they are different game actions. Abilities that trigger when a permanent is turned face down won’t trigger when that permanent transforms, and so on.

If a spell or ability instructs a player to transform a permanent that isn’t represented by a transforming token or a transforming double-faced card, nothing happens.

If a spell or ability instructs a player to transform a permanent, and the face that permanent would transform into is represented by an instant or sorcery card face, or is a transforming token that was created with an instant or sorcery face, nothing happens.

Some triggered abilities trigger when an object “transforms into” an object with a specified characteristic. Such an ability triggers if the object either transforms or converts (see rule ) and has the specified characteristic immediately after it does so.

If an activated or triggered ability of a permanent that isn’t a delayed triggered ability of that permanent tries to transform it, the permanent does so only if it hasn’t transformed or converted since the ability was put onto the stack. If a delayed triggered ability of a permanent tries to transform that permanent, the permanent does so only if it hasn’t transformed or converted since that delayed triggered ability was created. In both cases, if the permanent has already transformed or converted, an instruction to do either is ignored.

Some spells and abilities refer to a “transformed permanent.” This phrase refers to a permanent on the battlefield with its back face up that’s also a transforming double-faced card or a transforming token. A permanent with its front face up is never considered a transformed permanent, even if it had its back face up previously.