Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Commander 2018C18 · #28
- Card type
- Legendary Creature — Human Knight
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 3.44 € · 4.10 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Power
- 3
- Toughness
- 3
- Colour
- Red
Card text
Whenever Varchild deals combat damage to a player, that player creates that many 1/1 red Survivor creature tokens. Survivors your opponents control can't block, and they can't attack you or planeswalkers you control. When Varchild leaves the battlefield, gain control of all Survivors.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- Lucas Graciano
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2018-08-10
Rulings
Survivor is a creature type. Varchild's second ability affects any creatures your opponents control that happen to be Survivors, not just the Survivor tokens it creates. Similarly, its third ability affects all creatures that happen to be Survivors. A creature that's all creature types is a Survivor.
The player who creates the Survivor tokens owns them, not Varchild's controller.
Varchild's second ability isn't locked in as Survivor tokens are created. For example, if a player gains control of Varchild, that player's Survivor tokens may attack Varchild's former controller.
