Hellhole Flailer
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Return to RavnicaRTR · #167
- Card type
- Creature — Ogre Warrior
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.09 € · ★ 0.44 € · 0.05 $ · ★ 0.53 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Power
- 3
- Toughness
- 2
- Colour
- Black Red
Card text
Unleash (You may have this creature enter with a +1/+1 counter on it. It can't block as long as it has a +1/+1 counter on it.) , Sacrifice this creature: It deals damage equal to its power to target player or planeswalker.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- 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
- Steve Prescott
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2012-10-05
Rulings
The damage dealt by the last ability is equal to Hellhole Flailer's power when it was last on the battlefield. For example, if it had a +1/+1 counter on it, it will deal 4 damage.
A creature with unleash can't block if it has any +1/+1 counter on it, not just one put on it by the unleash ability.
Putting a +1/+1 counter on a creature with unleash that's already blocking won't remove it from combat. It will continue to block.
The unleash ability applies no matter where the creature is entering the battlefield from.
You make the choice to have the creature with unleash enter the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter or not as it's entering the battlefield. At that point, it's too late for a player to respond to the creature spell by trying to counter it, for example.