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Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

$16.72

Kudo, King Among Bears

$0.23

AI DraftFeb 26, 2026

Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite + Kudo, King Among Bears

Overview

Kudo’s static effect sets other creatures’ base power and toughness to 2/2, which is a power/toughness–setting effect rather than a granted ability and (per the official ruling) overwrites other power/toughness–setting effects [Ruling 2024-06-07]. Elesh Norn then applies +2/+2 to creatures you control and -2/-2 to creatures your opponents control; applying Kudo first (base 2/2) and then Elesh Norn’s modifiers yields 4/4 for your other creatures and 0/0 for your opponents’ creatures, with any 0-or-less-toughness creatures being put into their owners’ graveyards by state-based actions .

Step 1

Kudo’s continuous text sets the base power and toughness of other creatures to 2/2 (this is a P/T-setting effect rather than simply granting an ability) .

Step 2

Apply the base power/toughness setting from Kudo first; all affected creatures now have base 2/2 unless another P/T-setting effect with later application overwrites it [Ruling 2024-06-07].

Step 3

Apply Elesh Norn’s static continuous effects that modify power/toughness: your creatures get +2/+2 and opponents’ creatures get -2/-2, changing the creatures’ final power and toughness relative to the base set by Kudo.

Step 4

After the final power/toughness values are established, state-based actions are checked and any creature with toughness 0 or less is put into its owner’s graveyard .

Step 5

If another P/T-setting effect begins to apply after Kudo’s effect, that later set effect overwrites Kudo’s set effect per the ruling [Ruling 2024-06-07].

Resolution

If you control Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite and Kudo, King Among Bears (and no other effects change power/toughness): other creatures you control are set to base 2/2 by Kudo and then get +2/+2 from Elesh Norn, becoming 4/4; creatures your opponents control are set to base 2/2 by Kudo and then get -2/-2 from Elesh Norn, becoming 0/0 and being put into their owners’ graveyards by state-based actions . Kudo’s set effect is not the same as granting an ability and overwrites other P/T-setting effects per the ruling [Ruling 2024-06-07]; if a later effect sets power/toughness after Kudo’s effect begins to apply, that later set effect overwrites Kudo [Ruling 2024-06-07].

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