First printed in Theros (2013)
Creature — Cyclops
Trample, protection from enchantments
: Monstrosity 3. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put three +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.)
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, if this creature is monstrous, destroy target enchantment that player controls.
4/4
- Illustrated by
- Chase Stone
Legality
- Legal in
- Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Penny Dreadful, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (5)
- Monstrous isn't an ability that a creature has. It's just something true about that creature. If the creature stops being a creature or loses its abilities, it will continue to be monstrous.
- An ability that triggers when a creature becomes monstrous won't trigger if that creature isn't on the battlefield when its monstrosity ability resolves.
- “Protection from enchantments” means that Polis Crusher can't be enchanted, it can't be targeted by Aura spells or by abilities of enchantments, all damage that would be dealt to it by enchantments is prevented, and it can't be blocked by enchantment creatures. Notably, it doesn't have protection from enchanted creatures (unless those creatures are also enchantments).
- Once a creature becomes monstrous, it can't become monstrous again. If the creature is already monstrous when the monstrosity ability resolves, nothing happens.
- Polis Crusher must be monstrous as it deals combat damage to a player in order for its last ability to trigger. Once the ability triggers, it resolves even if Polis Crusher isn't on the battlefield at that time.
Prices
Paper price: €0.06 / $0.14 , the cheapest non-foil print (Cardmarket and TCGplayer through MTGJSON, 4 Nov 2026).
MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 4 Nov 2026).