Faceless Butcher
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
TormentTOR · #60
- Card type
- Creature — Nightmare Horror
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.20 € · ★ 3.72 € · 0.22 $ · ★ 3.44 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Power
- 2
- Toughness
- 3
- Colour
- Black
Card text
When this creature enters, exile another target creature. When this creature leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to the battlefield under its owner's control.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- PremodernLegal
- 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
- Daren Bader
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2002-02-04
Rulings
Faceless Butcher’s first ability isn’t optional. If no other players control any creatures and you do, you must choose a creature you control as the target.
If Faceless Butcher exiles a second Faceless Butcher, and then a third Faceless Butcher comes along and exiles the first one, the second one will return to the battlefield. If there are no other creatures on the battlefield, the second will exile the third one, returning the first one, and so on. If no one can stop the loop, the game will be a draw.
If Faceless Butcher exiles a token creature, the token will cease to exist after being exiled. It won’t return to the battlefield because of the second ability.
