Hellhole Flailer
Card Information
Type: Creature — Ogre Warrior
Mana Cost: 1
CMC: 3
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Return to Ravnica (RTR)
Rarity: Uncommon
Collector Number: 167
Oracle 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.) {2}{B}{R}, Sacrifice this creature: It deals damage equal to its power to target player or planeswalker.
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Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- April 15, 2013
The unleash ability applies no matter where the creature is entering the battlefield from.
Source: wotc - April 15, 2013
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.
Source: wotc - April 15, 2013
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.
Source: wotc - April 15, 2013
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.
Source: wotc - October 1, 2012
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.
Source: wotc
Price History
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