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The Dead Shall Serve

Scheme

Archenemy Schemes·oarc #7★·Common·2010·Art by Jesper Ejsing
StandardNot Legal
ModernNot Legal
CommanderNot Legal
LegacyNot Legal
PioneerNot Legal
VintageNot Legal

Oracle Text

When you set this scheme in motion, for each opponent, put up to one target creature card from that player's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. Each of those creatures attacks its owner each combat if able.

"Tell your old master I said hello."

Print Details

Set
Archenemy Schemes (OARC)
Number
#7★
Rarity
Common
Artist
Jesper Ejsing
Frame
2003
Border
Black
Language
EN
Finishes
Nonfoil
USD
$6.82
EUR
0.78

Indicative figures.

Card Knowledge

Legalities

StandardNot Legal
PioneerNot Legal
ModernNot Legal
LegacyNot Legal
VintageNot Legal
CommanderNot Legal

Rulings5

6/15/2010·wotc

If, during your declare attackers step, one of these creatures is tapped or is affected by a spell or ability that says it can’t attack, then it doesn’t attack. If there’s a cost associated with having that creature attack, you aren’t forced to pay that cost, so it doesn’t have to attack in that case either.

6/15/2010·wotc

If there are multiple combat phases in a turn, each of these creatures must attack its owner in each of them that it’s able to.

6/15/2010·wotc

If one of these creatures can’t attack its owner during any given turn (due to a spell or ability such as Chronomantic Escape, or because a player on the opposing team has gained control of it, for example), it may attack another player, attack a planeswalker an opponent controls, or not attack at all. If there’s a cost associated with having that creature attack its owner, you aren’t forced to pay that cost, so it may attack another player, attack a planeswalker an opponent controls, or not attack at all.

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