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If you were in the same scenario but Pit Scorpion was attacking rather than the elf, youd die to combat damage before the trigger to add a poison counter went on the stack

They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keyword abilities are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text

Plus, Inkshield is cool because it doesn't prevent combat damage to other players or creatures that turn, so if an attack is not solely focused on you, you can still profit while others potentially lose the game

Or sacrifice it to Attrition and then bring it back

That means you get two blinks for the price of one, which makes Ephemerate only cost half a mana, and thats the kind of value you just cant get normally