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Caretaker's Talent

Enchantment — Class

LegalCard DrawRank #670

(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)

Whenever one or more tokens you control enter, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.

{W} : Level 2

When this Class becomes level 2, create a token that's a copy of target token you control.

{3} {W} : Level 3

Creature tokens you control get +2/+2.

Why is this card good?

Caretaker's Talent is one of white's best card-advantage engines for token decks, and it's cheap enough to deploy early. The level 1 ability — draw a card whenever one or more tokens enter — is the heart of it. In a deck that floods the board, that's a guaranteed card every turn for just three mana, which is exactly the kind of repeatable, attrition-proof draw white historically lacks. The leveling sweetens it: level 2 copies your best token (a Treasure, a big creature token, a meaningful clue), and level 3 is a board-wide anthem that turns your chip-damage tokens into real threats. Who wants it: any token commander — Adeline, Krenko (white-adjacent shells aside), Ojer Taq, Catti-brie, Trostani, Emiel, anyone generating Treasures, Clues, or creatures regularly. Aristocrats and go-wide white decks love it. Skip it if your tokens come in trickles or you're not token-focused — the once-per-turn cap means it won't reward a board with just a single token-maker. It needs consistent token generation to shine.

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Rulings (9)

2024-07-26
The new token created by the second class ability copies the characteristics of the original token as stated by the effect that created the original token.
2024-07-26
The new token doesn't copy whether the original token is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, color, and so on.
2024-07-26
Any "as [this permanent] enters" or "[this permanent] enters with" abilities of the new token will work.
2024-07-26
Each Class has five abilities. The three in the major sections of its text box are class abilities. Class abilities can be static, activated, or triggered abilities. The other two are level abilities, one activated ability to advance the Class to level 2 and another to advance the Class to level 3.
2024-07-26
Each Class starts with only the first of its three class abilities. As the first level ability resolves, the Class becomes level 2 and gains the second class ability. As the second level ability resolves, the Class becomes level 3 and gains the third class ability.
2024-07-26
Gaining a level won't remove abilities that a Class had at a previous level.
2024-07-26
Gaining a level is a normal activated ability. It uses the stack and can be responded to.
2024-07-26
You can't activate the first level ability of a Class unless that Class is level 1. Similarly, you can't activate the second level ability of a Class unless that Class is level 2.
2024-07-26
There's no restriction on how many Class permanents you can control, whether they're the same or different classes. Each Class permanent tracks its own level separately.

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Why is this card good?

Rulings (9)

2024-07-26

The new token created by the second class ability copies the characteristics of the original token as stated by the effect that created the original token.

2024-07-26

The new token doesn't copy whether the original token is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, color, and so on.

2024-07-26

Any "as [this permanent] enters" or "[this permanent] enters with" abilities of the new token will work.

2024-07-26

Each Class has five abilities. The three in the major sections of its text box are class abilities. Class abilities can be static, activated, or triggered abilities. The other two are level abilities, one activated ability to advance the Class to level 2 and another to advance the Class to level 3.

2024-07-26

Each Class starts with only the first of its three class abilities. As the first level ability resolves, the Class becomes level 2 and gains the second class ability. As the second level ability resolves, the Class becomes level 3 and gains the third class ability.

2024-07-26

Gaining a level won't remove abilities that a Class had at a previous level.

2024-07-26

Gaining a level is a normal activated ability. It uses the stack and can be responded to.

2024-07-26

You can't activate the first level ability of a Class unless that Class is level 1. Similarly, you can't activate the second level ability of a Class unless that Class is level 2.

2024-07-26

There's no restriction on how many Class permanents you can control, whether they're the same or different classes. Each Class permanent tracks its own level separately.