Dread Slaver
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Jumpstart 2022J22 · #405
- Card type
- Creature — Zombie Horror
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.22 € · 0.37 $
- Mana value
- 5
- Power
- 3
- Toughness
- 5
- Colour
- Black
Card text
Whenever a creature dealt damage by this creature this turn dies, return it to the battlefield under your control. That creature is a black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types.
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
- Dave Kendall
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2022-12-02
Flavour text
Half a brain rules the mindless.
Rulings
Dread Slaver will return if it somehow dealt damage to itself and then dies.
Each time a creature dies, check whether Dread Slaver had dealt any damage to it at any time during that turn. If so, Dread Slaver's ability will trigger. It doesn't matter who controlled the creature or whose graveyard it was put into.
If Dread Slaver and a creature it was blocking or blocked by both die in combat, Dread Slaver's ability will trigger.
The card will return to the battlefield under your control only if it's still in the graveyard when the ability resolves. If it's not (perhaps because an ability like undying has already returned it to the battlefield), nothing happens.
