Printings
Bishop of Binding
Card Information
Type: Creature — Vampire Cleric
Mana Cost: 3
CMC: 4
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Rivals of Ixalan (RIX)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 2
Oracle Text
When this creature enters, exile target creature an opponent controls until this creature leaves the battlefield. Whenever this creature attacks, target Vampire gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the power of the exiled card.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- January 19, 2018
If there is no exiled card as Bishop of Binding’s last ability resolves, most likely because Bishop of Binding left the battlefield while that ability was on the stack, X is 0. The same is true if the exiled card doesn’t have a power, most likely because it’s a noncreature card that had become a creature.
Source: wotc - January 19, 2018
Auras attached to the exiled creature will be put into their owners’ graveyards. Any Equipment will become unattached and remain on the battlefield. Any counters on the exiled creature will cease to exist.
Source: wotc - January 19, 2018
If a Vehicle is exiled with Bishop of Binding, use its printed power to determine the value of X.
Source: wotc - January 19, 2018
If a token is exiled this way, it will cease to exist and won’t return to the battlefield.
Source: wotc - January 19, 2018
If Bishop of Binding leaves the battlefield before its first triggered ability tries to resolve, the target creature won’t be exiled.
Source: wotc - January 19, 2018
The value of X is determined only as Bishop of Binding’s second ability resolves. It won’t change if the card leaves exile later in the turn.
Source: wotc
Price History
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