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◇ Catalog #838

Corpse Connoisseur

sld·#838·rare·foil

Illus. Mark Hyzer

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Feb '25

1 yr ago

Value

$2.69+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $1.75 · low $1.59

NM$1.69

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$1.56–$1.78modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $1.79low $1.25range 43.2%n 51

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #8,749 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$1.69

Gameplay

Creature — Zombie Wizard

When this creature enters, you may search your library for a creature card, put that card into your graveyard, then shuffle. Unearth {3}{B} ({3}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)

Acquiring his level of expertise is quite the undertaking.

3/3

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 5

2008-10-01wotc

If you activate a card’s unearth ability but that card is removed from your graveyard before the ability resolves, that unearth ability will resolve and do nothing.

2008-10-01wotc

At the beginning of the end step, a creature returned to the battlefield with unearth is exiled. This is a delayed triggered ability, and it can be countered by effects such as Stifle or Voidslime that counter triggered abilities. If the ability is countered, the creature will stay on the battlefield and the delayed trigger won’t trigger again. However, the replacement effect will still exile the creature when it eventually leaves the battlefield.

2008-10-01wotc

Unearth grants haste to the creature that’s returned to the battlefield. However, neither of the “exile” abilities is granted to that creature. If that creature loses all its abilities, it will still be exiled at the beginning of the end step, and if it would leave the battlefield, it is still exiled instead.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $1.69. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $1.25 and $1.79 across 51 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from SLD — the lineup includes Foil 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 #838 of *Secret Lair Drop*, the set that shipped alongside the February 2025 Secret Lair Drop release.

Card type: Creature — Zombie Wizard, color identity black, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {4}{B} (5 converted). Keyword abilities: Unearth.

Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #8,749 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Mark Hyzer. Rarix catalogs 34 other cards credited to this artist.