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 #53
Brood of Cockroaches
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
Feb 1997
29 yr ago
Value
$0.32$0 (-3.0%)
30 days high $0.33 · low $0.32
Volatility · stable
EUR€0.40USD$0.32TIX0.04 tix
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #16,494 · 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.
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Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Geofrey Darrow & I. Rabarot
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