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Cemetery Puca

Magic: The GatheringShadowmoor#158

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ShadowmoorSHM · #158
Card type
Creature — Shapeshifter
Rarity
Rare
Indicative price
1.34 € · ★ 3.45 € · 2.76 $ · ★ 10.14 $
Mana value
3
Power
1
Toughness
2
Colour
Blue Black

Card text

Whenever a creature dies, you may pay . If you do, this creature becomes a copy of that creature, except it has this ability.

Format legality

  • CommanderLegal
  • DuelLegal
  • LegacyLegal
  • ModernLegal
  • OathbreakerLegal
  • PennyLegal
  • PredhLegal
  • VintageLegal

Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).

Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.

Printing information

Illustrator
Omar Rayyan
Card language
English
Release date
2008-05-02

Flavour text

"'Tis a strange creature indeed that chooses the vanquished over the victor." —Awylla, elvish safewright

Rulings

Cemetery Puca copies the printed values of the creature, plus any copy effects that have been applied to it. It won’t copy other effects that have changed the creature’s power, toughness, types, color, or so on. It also won’t copy counters on the creature (it’ll just retain the counters it already has).

Cemetery Puca’s ability isn’t targeted. It can copy a creature with shroud or protection.

If Cemetery Puca becomes a copy of a token, it copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that put it onto the battlefield. It does not become a token.

If multiple creatures are put into their owners’ graveyards at the same time, Cemetery Puca’s ability will trigger once for each of those creatures. You choose the order that those abilities will resolve. It’s possible to pay , have Cemetery Puca become a copy of something, activate an activated ability of that creature, then pay again, for example. It will end up a copy of the last creature card paid for.

This effect has no duration. If you use the ability, Cemetery Puca will remain a copy of the creature until it leaves the battlefield or you use the ability again. If it becomes a copy of a different creature card, the new copy will overwrite the old copy.

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