Briarblade Adept

Creature — Elf Assassin

Illustrated by Uriah Voth

F

EDHREC Rank #22,488

Whenever this creature attacks, target creature an opponent controls gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Encore (, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)

Rulings (7)

If an effect stops a token from attacking a specific player, that token can attack any player, planeswalker, or battle, or not attack at all. If the effect stops the token from attacking a specific player unless a cost is paid, you don't have to pay that cost unless you want to attack that player.

Jul 28, 2023

The tokens copy only what's on the original card. Effects that modified that creature when it was previously on the battlefield won't be copied.

Nov 10, 2020

If one of the tokens can't attack for any reason (such as being tapped), then it doesn't attack. If there's a cost associated with having it attack, you aren't forced to pay that cost, so it doesn't have to attack in that case either.

Nov 10, 2020