Raving Dead
Card Information
Type: Creature — Zombie
Mana Cost: 4
CMC: 5
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Commander 2014 (C14)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 29
Oracle Text
Deathtouch At the beginning of combat on your turn, choose an opponent at random. This creature attacks that player this combat if able. Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player loses half their life, rounded down.
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Card Rulings
- November 7, 2014
If Raving Dead can't attack the chosen player for one of the above reasons but it can still attack elsewhere, you may choose to have it attack another player, attack a planeswalker, or not attack at all.
Source: wotc - November 7, 2014
If your turn has multiple combat phases, Raving Dead's ability triggers at the beginning of each of them. Ignore any choices made during previous combat phases that turn.
Source: wotc - November 7, 2014
The last ability triggers and resolves after combat damage has been dealt. For example, if an opponent has 17 life and Raving Dead deals 2 combat damage to them, they will end up at 8 life.
Source: wotc - November 7, 2014
If, as attackers are declared, Raving Dead is tapped, is affected by a spell or ability that says it can't attack, or hasn't been under your control continuously since your turn began (and doesn't have haste), then it doesn't attack. If there's a cost associated with having Raving Dead attack the chosen player, you aren't forced to pay that cost, so it doesn't have to attack that player in that case either.
Source: wotc - November 7, 2014
Raving Dead must attack the chosen player if able, not a planeswalker controlled by that player.
Source: wotc
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