First printed in Bloomburrow (2024)
Enchantment — Class
(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
At the beginning of combat on your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
: Level 2
Permanents you control with counters on them have ward 
.
: Level 3
If you would put one or more counters on a permanent or player, put twice that many of each of those kinds of counters on that permanent or player instead.
- Illustrated by
- Alix Branwyn
Legality
- Legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Pauper, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH
Rulings (9)
- 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.
- If a permanent enters with counters on it, the effect causing the permanent to be given counters may specify which player puts those counters on it. If the effect doesn't specify a player, the object's controller puts those counters on it.
- 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.
- 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.
- Once a ward ability of a permanent with a counter on it has triggered, causing that permanent to lose ward by removing Innkeeper's Talent or removing the counters from that permanent won't affect that ability. The appropriate player will still have to pay or have their spell or ability countered.
- 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.
- If two or more effects attempt to modify how many counters would be put onto a permanent you control, you choose the order to apply those effects, no matter who controls the sources of those effects.
- Gaining a level won't remove abilities that a Class had at a previous level.
- Gaining a level is a normal activated ability. It uses the stack and can be responded to.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.02 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 31 Oct 2026).
In Limited on MTG Arena
Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).
| Set | GIH WR | vs set | IWD | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomburrow (BLB), Premier Draft | 62.9% | +8.3 | +10.5 | 22536 |
| Bloomburrow (BLB), Sealed | 65.0% | +9.6 | +11.6 | 2094 |
- GIH WR
- win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
- vs set
- points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
- IWD
- improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
- Games
- games in which the card was seen
Combos
211 combos, the most popular first:
- Target opponent loses the game: Innkeeper's Talent + Vraska, Betrayal's Sting
- Infinite damage, Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature: Gatta and Luzzu + Innkeeper's Talent + Walking Ballista
- Infinite damage, Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control: Innkeeper's Talent + Vigor + Walking Ballista
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, Infinite colored mana…: Crystalline Crawler + Hardened Scales + Innkeeper's Talent + Simic Ascendancy
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, Infinite colored mana…: Crystalline Crawler + Innkeeper's Talent + Kami of Whispered Hopes + Simic Ascendancy
- Infinite damage, Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature: Innkeeper's Talent + Strength of Will + Walking Ballista
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, Infinite colored mana…: Branching Evolution + Crystalline Crawler + Innkeeper's Talent + Simic Ascendancy
- Infinite colored mana, Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control: Crystalline Crawler + Innkeeper's Talent + Resourceful Defense
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, Infinite colored mana…: Crystalline Crawler + Innkeeper's Talent + Ozolith, the Shattered Spire + Simic Ascendancy
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, Infinite colored mana…: Crystalline Crawler + Doubling Season + Innkeeper's Talent + Simic Ascendancy
