Purgatory
Card Information
Type: Enchantment
Mana Cost: 2
CMC: 4
Part of the Reserved List: Yes
Color Identity:
Set: Mirage (MIR)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 275
Oracle Text
Whenever a nontoken creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, exile that card. At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay {4} and 2 life. If you do, return a card exiled with this enchantment to the battlefield.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- August 1, 2008
If this card changes controllers between putting the upkeep triggered ability on the stack and resolving it, the creature is put onto the battlefield under the control of the player who controlled this card when the ability was put on the stack.
Source: wotc - April 1, 2008
This has been restored to a triggered ability that triggers when a nontoken creature is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, rather than a replacement effect. The creature does go to the graveyard, and will trigger any other abilities that look for this event.
Source: wotc - October 4, 2004
If destroyed at the same time some creatures are destroyed, the destroyed creatures are exiled and stay exiled.
Source: wotc - October 4, 2004
If an opponent takes control of this card and pays for the upkeep ability, the creatures will enter under their control even if you exiled them.
Source: wotc
Price History
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