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Dread Defiler

{6}{B}

Creature — Eldrazi

Oath of the Gatewatch·ogw #68·Rare·2016·Art by Slawomir Maniak
StandardNot Legal
ModernLegal
CommanderLegal
LegacyLegal
PioneerLegal
VintageLegal
Dread Defiler
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Oracle Text

(This card has no color.)

{3}{C}, Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Target opponent loses life equal to the exiled card's power. ({C} represents colorless mana.)

It left behind an echoing emptiness more horrible than the grave.

P / T

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Set
Oath of the Gatewatch (OGW)
Number
#68
Rarity
Rare
Artist
Slawomir Maniak
Frame
2015
Border
Black
Language
EN
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
USD
$0.21
USD Foil
$0.38
EUR
€0.17
EUR Foil
€0.14
MTGO Tix
0.02

Indicative figures.

Card Knowledge

Legalities

StandardNot Legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal

Rulings2

1/22/2016·wotc

Use the card’s power as it last existed in your graveyard to determine how much life is lost.

1/22/2016·wotc

A creature token is not a creature card. Although a token does go to the graveyard briefly if it dies, it ceases to exist before you have the opportunity to do anything.

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