Where Ancients Tread

Shards of Alara (ALA) #122 · Rare · Enchantment

Mana cost: {4}{R}

Whenever a creature you control with power 5 or greater enters, you may have this enchantment deal 5 damage to any target.

"Never subtle nor cryptic is the reckoning of the mighty."
—Mayael the Anima

Illustrated by Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai · Released October 3, 2008

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Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: down $0.05 USD (5.5%) to $0.86 USD; low $0.85 USD, high $0.91 USD.

2008-10-01 · wotc — The ability checks that creature's power only once: when that creature enters. The trigger checks a creature's initial power upon being put on the battlefield, so it will take into account counters that it enters with and static abilities that may give it a continuous power boost once it's on the battlefield (such as the one on Glorious Anthem). After the creature is already on the battlefield, boosting its power with a spell (such as Giant Growth), activated ability, or triggered ability won't allow this ability to trigger; it's too late by then. Once the ability triggers, it will resolve no matter what the creature's power may become while the ability is on the stack.