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◇ Catalog #35

Hell's Caretaker

bchr·#35·rare·nonfoil·JA

Illus. Sandra Everingham

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Jul 1995

31 yr ago

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EDHrec rank #9,395 · Niche pick

Variants

Nonfoil

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

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from BCHR — 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 #35 of *Chronicles Foreign Black Border*, the set that shipped alongside the July 1995 Chronicles Foreign Black Border 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 Sandra Everingham. Rarix catalogs 249 other cards credited to this artist.