Containment Priest
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Core Set 2021M21 · #13
- Card type
- Creature — Human Cleric
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.51 € · ★ 1.47 € · 0.60 $ · ★ 0.72 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Power
- 2
- Toughness
- 2
- Colour
- White
Card text
Flash If a nontoken creature would enter and it wasn't cast, exile it instead.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- 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
- John Stanko
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2020-07-03
Flavour text
Some protection requires a bit of finesse.
Rulings
Containment Priest's last ability won't affect any creatures that were cast, including ones cast from unusual zones such as your graveyard.
If Containment Priest enters the battlefield at the same time as other creatures, its ability won't affect those creatures.
If Containment Priest enters the battlefield without being cast, its ability won't exile itself.
If a noncreature card wasn't cast and is entering the battlefield as a creature (due to an effect such as that of March of the Machines), it will be exiled. Conversely, if a creature card wasn't cast and is entering the battlefield as a noncreature permanent (for example, Heliod, Sun-Crowned with insufficient devotion), it won't be exiled.
