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◇ Catalog #2

Containment Priest

DIGITAL ONLY

pz1·#2·rare·foil

Illus. John Stanko

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Nov '15

10 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #4,663 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$1.65

Nonfoil$1.65

Gameplay

Creature — Human Cleric

Flash If a nontoken creature would enter and it wasn't cast, exile it instead.

Some protection requires a bit of finesse.

2/2

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 4

2021-03-19wotc

If Containment Priest enters the battlefield without being cast, its ability won't exile itself.

2021-03-19wotc

Containment Priest's last ability won't affect any creatures that were cast, including ones cast from unusual zones such as your graveyard.

2021-03-19wotc

If Containment Priest enters the battlefield at the same time as other creatures, its ability won't affect those creatures.

2021-03-19

Context

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from PZ1 — 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 #2 of *Legendary Cube Prize Pack*, the set that shipped alongside the November 2015 Legendary Cube Prize Pack release.

Card type: Creature — Human Cleric, color identity white, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {1}{W} (2 converted). Keyword abilities: Flash.

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #4,663 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by John Stanko. Rarix catalogs 321 other cards credited to this artist.