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Carnival Barker

Carnival Barker

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Unfinity

#388 · EN · Rare · 2022-10-07

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Carnival Barker

{2}{R}

Creature — Dog Employee

{T}: You have thirty seconds to laud a creature you control to any people outside the game. Until end of turn, that creature gains trample and haste and gets +X/+0, where X is the number of those people who applauded. Activate only as a sorcery and only once.

Power: 3

Toughness: 3

Artist: Dave Greco

Color identity: R

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Data snapshot 2026-10-22. Not live offers.

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Format legality
Standardnot legal
Futurenot legal
Historicnot legal
Timelessnot legal
Gladiatornot legal
Pioneernot legal
Modernnot legal
Legacynot legal
Paupernot legal
Vintagenot legal
Pennynot legal
Commandernot legal
Oathbreakernot legal
Standardbrawlnot legal
Brawlnot legal
Competitivebrawlnot legal
Alchemynot legal
Paupercommandernot legal
Duelnot legal
Oldschoolnot legal
Premodernnot legal
Predhnot legal
Tlrnot legal
Rulings

2022-10-07 If another player gains control of a Carnival Barker whose ability has been activated, they won’t be able to activate it. That Barker’s all barked out.

2022-10-07 Lauding means singing the praises of the creature in question. Complimenting it. Telling everyone of its awesomeness, that kind of thing. Don’t stray off-topic. And resist the urge to say “Please clap”—86% of audiences don’t respond well to desperation.

2022-10-07 The thirty seconds starts as the ability starts resolving and you start lauding. Someone should be ready to time you before you activate the ability.

2022-10-07 “Only once” means once for that particular creature. If a different copy of Carnival Barker enters the battlefield, or if Carnival Barker leaves the battlefield and returns, it’s a new object and its ability can be activated. Please be considerate of others around you before designing a deck around blinking and activating Carnival Barker three times each turn.

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