Unholy Indenture
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Core Set 2020M20 · #119
- Card type
- Enchantment — Aura
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.23 € · ★ 0.51 € · 0.26 $ · ★ 0.65 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- Black
Card text
Enchant creature When enchanted creature dies, return that card to the battlefield under your control with a +1/+1 counter on it.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- 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
- Seb McKinnon
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2019-07-12
Flavour text
"Don't think of it as selling your soul. It's more like you're bequeathing it to me." —Vilis, Broker of Blood
Rulings
If Unholy Indenture enchants a token, it won’t be returned to the battlefield when it dies.
If multiple players each control an Unholy Indenture attached to one creature, the player who will control the returned creature is the last player in turn order from the player whose turn it is at the time the creature dies. In a two-player game, this means the player whose turn it is not. In a multiplayer game, this means the player closest to the right of the player whose turn it is.
If the returned creature enters with any other counters, it enters with those counters plus an additional +1/+1 counter.
In a multiplayer game, if a player leaves the game, all cards that player owns leave as well. If you leave the game, the creature you control from Unholy Indenture’s effect is exiled.
Once Unholy Indenture returns the creature, it’s considered a new object with no relation to the object that it was. Auras that were attached to it won’t return to the battlefield (including Unholy Indenture itself). Equipment that was attached to it will remain unattached. Any counters that were on it won’t be put on the new creature.
You control the returned creature, regardless of who controlled it before it died.