Blitz Leech
Creature — Leech
Flash
When Blitz Leech enters the battlefield, target creature an opponent controls gets -2/-2 until end of turn. Remove all counters from that creature.
"Fools wear armor against it as if the worst it could take is your blood." —Gavi, nest warden
5/2
Illustrated by
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths#74CommonEnglishLegality
Rulings
Apr 17, 2020
Blitz Leech’s ability removes all counters from the target creature before state-based actions are checked to see if that creature should die. For example, a 2/2 creature with a flying counter on it will lose that counter while it’s a 0/0 creature before it dies.