mtg cards with enter the battlefield effects Do Magic: Gathering triggered abilities activate from ETB or death triggers? Rules Text: enters, the, battlefield,

It enters the battlefield with an unprecedented nine stun counters on it, meaning itll be out of commission for a good chunk of time

While you can only do it so many times before you run out of cards in your deck, it does provide a powerful engine to get some free cards

The one extra mana in its cost is insignificant when you consider the extra card advantage

When the second ability tries to resolve, neither the power nor the toughness of the new creature is greater than that of the creature with evolve, so that ability does nothing

It can either draw you a card and provide an opponent with a 4/4 (which the Datasmith blocks handily due to protection), or it can draw an opponent a card and make you a 4/4