Thought Sponge

three generic mana one blue mana Creature — SpongePower and toughness1/1

Flash

This creature enters with a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the greatest number of cards an opponent has drawn this turn.

When this creature dies, draw cards equal to its power.

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Thought Sponge rulings

2019-08-23
Thought Sponge checks how many cards were drawn by opponents this turn, even opponents who have left the game. The greatest number drawn by a single opponent is how many +1/+1 counters it enters with.
2019-08-23
Thought Sponge checks the total number of cards drawn by each opponent, not how many were drawn due to a single instruction.
2019-08-23
Use Thought Sponge's power as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how many cards to draw for its last ability. If that number is negative, you neither draw nor discard cards.
2019-08-23
Thought Sponge gets its +1/+1 counters at the moment it enters the battlefield. There's not a time that it's on the battlefield before its replacement effect has applied.

Thought Sponge keyword rules

Flash Rule 702.8

Flash is a static ability that functions in any zone from which you could play the card it’s on. “Flash” means “You may play this card any time you could cast an instant.”

Multiple instances of flash on the same object are redundant.