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◇ Catalog #137

Hell's Caretaker

9ed·#137·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Greg Staples

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Jul '05

21 yr ago

Value

$3.89+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $2.99 · low $2.73

NM$2.89

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$2.67–$3.05modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $2.90low $0.02range 14400.0%n 46

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #9,395 · Niche pick

Variants

Nonfoil$2.89

Gameplay

Creature — Horror

{T}, Sacrifice a creature: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only during your upkeep.

1/1

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2018-03-16wotc

The upkeep step is before the draw step, after the untap step. Because the turn has already begun, creatures put onto the battlefield during your upkeep won't be able to attack or pay a {T} cost this turn.

2018-03-16wotc

Hell's Caretaker can be the creature sacrificed to activate its ability, but it can't be the target of its own ability.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $2.89. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $2.90 across 46 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from 9ED — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #137 of *Ninth Edition*, the set that shipped alongside the July 2005 Ninth Edition release.

Card type: Creature — Horror, color identity black, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {3}{B} (4 converted).

Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #9,395 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Greg Staples. Rarix catalogs 1,289 other cards credited to this artist.