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Orcish Bowmasters

$34.69

Peer into the Abyss

$2.24

AI DraftFeb 26, 2026

Orcish Bowmasters + Peer into the Abyss

Overview

Peer into the Abyss causes the target player to draw N = ceil(library size / 2) cards and lose ceil(library size / 2) life; each individual card draw (these are not draw-step first draws) will cause Orcish Bowmasters to trigger once, producing N separate triggered abilities. Each trigger, when it resolves, deals 1 damage to a chosen target and then performs “amass Orcs 1.” The draws and triggers happen during the resolution of Peer into the Abyss; game-loss from attempting to draw from an empty library is handled under state-based actions , and replacement effects that would replace draws apply as described in . Damage from each resolving trigger is processed under the damage rules .

Step 1

Resolve Peer into the Abyss: compute N = ceil(number of cards in the target’s library / 2) and the target loses ceil(number of cards in their library / 2) life (rounding up per the ruling) [Ruling 2020-06-23].

Step 2

Peer causes the target to draw N cards one at a time. For each single card draw, Orcish Bowmasters sees the draw and its triggered ability triggers (these draws are not the first draw of a draw step, so the 'except the first one they draw in each of their draw steps' exception does not apply).

Step 3

Each time a draw happens, a separate Bowmasters triggered ability is created and put on the stack. Replacement effects that would replace any of those draws are applied before resuming the sequence of draws .

Step 4

After Peer finishes its draws and life loss, the Bowmasters triggers on the stack will resolve one at a time. Each resolving trigger deals 1 damage to the chosen target; damage is processed under the damage rules .

Step 5

Immediately after each damage is dealt by a resolving trigger, the trigger’s second effect—'Then amass Orcs 1'—is performed. If there is no existing Army, the first amass creates an Orc Army token as a 0/0 and then places +1/+1 counters on it per the amass rules and ruling [Ruling 2023-06-16]. Subsequent amass effects add counters to the existing Army.

Resolution

When Peer into the Abyss resolves, determine N = ceil(number of cards in the target’s library / 2) and the target loses ceil(number of cards in the target’s library / 2) life (rounding up as noted) [Ruling 2020-06-23]. The target then draws N cards one at a time; each single card draw (none of which is the first draw of a draw step) causes Orcish Bowmasters’ ability to trigger, producing N separate triggers. Those triggers are put on the stack as they are created; each trigger that resolves deals 1 damage (damage is processed per ) to its chosen target, then performs “amass Orcs 1.” The first resolving amass will create an Orc Army token as a 0/0 and then put counters on it if there is no existing Army token [Ruling 2023-06-16]; subsequent amass effects add +1/+1 counters to the existing Army. If a draw is attempted when the library is empty, the state-based action for drawing from an empty library applies and the player will lose the game the next time a player would receive priority . Replacement effects that replace draws in a sequence are applied before resuming the sequence .

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