Profaner of the Dead
Creature β Snake Wizard
Profaner of the Dead
Creature β Snake Wizard
Card Text
Exploit (When this creature enters, you may sacrifice a creature.)
When this creature exploits a creature, return to their owners' hands all creatures your opponents control with toughness less than the exploited creature's toughness.
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 4
- Colors
- Blue
- Color Identity
- Blue
- Power / Toughness
- 3 / 3
- EDHREC Rank
- #13,292
Format Legalities
Market Prices
Prices from TCGPlayer and Cardmarket
Price History (30d)
All Printings (13)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) | #DTK-70 | rare | en | Vincent Proce | $0.27 | β |
| Dragons of Tarkir (DTK) | #70 | rare | en | Vincent Proce | $0.29 | $0.83 |
| Dragons of Tarkir Promos (PDTK) | #70s | rare | en | Vincent Proce | β | $1.44 |
| Dragons of Tarkir (DTK) | #70 | rare | de | Vincent Proce | β | β |
| Dragons of Tarkir (DTK) | #70 | rare | es | Vincent Proce | β | β |
| Dragons of Tarkir (DTK) | #70 | rare | fr | Vincent Proce | β | β |
| Dragons of Tarkir (DTK) | #70 | rare | it | Vincent Proce | β | β |
| Dragons of Tarkir (DTK) | #70 | rare | ja | Vincent Proce | β | β |
| Dragons of Tarkir (DTK) | #70 | rare | ko | Vincent Proce | β | β |
| Dragons of Tarkir (DTK) | #70 | rare | pt | Vincent Proce | β | β |
| Dragons of Tarkir (DTK) | #70 | rare | ru | Vincent Proce | β | β |
| Dragons of Tarkir (DTK) | #70 | rare | zhs | Vincent Proce | β | β |
| Dragons of Tarkir (DTK) | #70 | rare | zht | Vincent Proce | β | β |
Official Rulings (6)
You canβt sacrifice more than one creature to any one exploit ability.
You can sacrifice the creature with exploit if itβs still on the battlefield. This will cause its other ability to trigger.
You choose whether to sacrifice a creature and which creature to sacrifice as the exploit ability resolves.
A creature with exploit βexploits a creatureβ when the controller of the exploit ability sacrifices a creature as that ability resolves.
If the creature with exploit isnβt on the battlefield as the exploit ability resolves, you wonβt get any bonus from the creature with exploit, even if you sacrifice a creature. Because the creature with exploit isnβt on the battlefield, its other triggered ability wonβt trigger.
Use the toughness of the exploited creature as it last existed on the battlefield to determine which creatures to return to their ownersβ hands.
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