Railway Brawler
About this card
Railway Brawler is a creature card in Magic: The Gathering with mana value 5 (color identity: green). First printed in Outlaws of Thunder Junction Promos (2024); 4 paper printings in total. It is one of the 5,000 most played cards in Commander (EDHREC rank 2,560). Legal in Commander, Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy and Vintage. Cheapest printing: €5.79 (Outlaws of Thunder Junction); most expensive: €8.73 (Outlaws of Thunder Junction).
Railway Brawler 


Whenever another creature you control enters, put X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is its power.
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Rulings
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The value of X is determined as Railway Brawler’s triggered ability resolves.
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Plot abilities are written “Plot [cost],” which means “Any time you have priority during your main phase while the stack is empty, you may pay [cost] and exile this card from your hand. It becomes plotted.”
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Exiling a card using its plot ability is a special action. Once you announce you’re taking that action, no other player can respond by trying to remove that card from your hand.
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You can’t cast a plotted card on the same turn it became plotted. On any future turn, you may cast that card from exile without paying its mana cost during your main phase while the stack is empty.
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If you’re casting a plotted card from exile without paying its mana cost, you can’t choose to cast it for any other alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the plotted card has any mandatory additional costs, those must still be paid to cast the spell.
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If a plotted card has in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.



