If a creature returned to the battlefield with unearth would leave the battlefield for any reason, it’s exiled instead — unless the spell or ability that’s causing the creature to leave the battlefield is actually trying to exile it! In that case, it succeeds at exiling it. If it later returns the creature card to the battlefield (as Oblivion Ring or Flickerwisp might, for example), the creature card will return to the battlefield as a new object with no relation to its previous existence. The unearth effect will no longer apply to it.
Dregscape Zombie
Activating a creature card’s unearth ability isn’t the same as casting the creature card. The unearth ability is put on the stack, but the creature card is not. Spells and abilities that interact with activated abilities (such as Stifle) will interact with unearth, but spells and abilities that interact with spells (such as Remove Soul) will not.
Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.30. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.30 across 54 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ALA — the lineup includes Foil and 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 #74 of *Shards of Alara*, the set that shipped alongside the October 2008 Shards of Alara release.
Card type: Creature — Zombie, color identity black, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {1}{B} (2 converted). Keyword abilities: Unearth.
Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Pauper.
EDHrec ranks this card #21,168 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Lars Grant-West. Rarix catalogs 677 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Lars Grant-West
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