You make the choice to have the creature with unleash enter the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter or not as it’s entering the battlefield. At that point, it’s too late for a player to respond to the creature spell by trying to counter it, for example.
The unleash ability applies no matter where the creature is entering the battlefield from.
Putting a +1/+1 counter on a creature with unleash that’s already blocking won’t remove it from combat. It will continue to block.
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This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from RTR — 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 #199 of *Return to Ravnica*, the set that shipped alongside the October 2012 Return to Ravnica release.
Card type: Creature — Horror, color identity black/red, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {3}{B}{R} (5 converted). Keyword abilities: Unleash.
Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.
EDHrec ranks this card #27,838 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Min Yum. Rarix catalogs 203 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Min Yum
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A creature with unleash can’t block if it has any +1/+1 counter on it, not just one put on it by the unleash ability.
