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Abattoir Ghoul
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
InnistradISD · #85
- Card type
- Creature — Zombie
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.10 € · ★ 0.32 € · 0.14 $ · ★ 0.38 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Power
- 3
- Toughness
- 2
- Colour
- Black
Card text
First strike Whenever a creature dealt damage by this creature this turn dies, you gain life equal to that creature's toughness.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- 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
- Volkan Baǵa
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2011-09-30
Flavour text
Death took his humanity but not his skill with the knife.
Rulings
You'll gain life equal to the creature's last known toughness before it died. For example, if Abattoir Ghoul deals 3 first-strike damage to a 7/7 creature and then you give the creature -5/-5 before the regular combat damage step, you'll gain 2 life.
