wotc
The life loss and the return to hand both happen at the beginning of the end step as a single effect. It is not two separate effects.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #VIS-53
Brood of Cockroaches
plst·#VIS-53·uncommon·nonfoil
Illus. Geofrey Darrow & I. Rabarot
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in vault
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for trade
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wishlisted
Aug '24
2 yr ago
Value
$0.20+$0 (+4.2%)
30 days high $0.21 · low $0.19
NM$0.20
LP—
MP—
HP—
DMG—
$0.18–$0.21modeled
30 days agotoday
90-dayhigh $0.27low $0.20range 35.0%n 45
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #16,502 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
Creature — Insect
When this creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, at the beginning of the next end step, you lose 1 life and return this card to your hand.
"It's like waking on a bed of a thousand olives during an earthquake of subtle force."
—Afari, *Tales*
1/1
Legalities
tlrlegal
duellegal
brawlnot legal
pennynot legal
PreDH
Rulings · 2
wotc
The loss of life is not optional.
Context
Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.20. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.20 and $0.27 across 45 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PLST — 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 #VIS-53 of *The List*, the set that shipped alongside the August 2024 The List release.
Card type: Creature — Insect, color identity black, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {1}{B} (2 converted).
Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.
EDHrec ranks this card #16,502 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Geofrey Darrow & I. Rabarot. Rarix catalogs 10 other cards credited to this artist.
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