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Starving Revenant

Black

4 printings listed in our catalog, from newest to oldest.

Starving Revenant, The Lost Caverns of Ixalan printing
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan LCI · No. 123 2023-11-17

Card text

{2}{B}{B}
Creature — Spirit Horror
When this creature enters, surveil 2. Then for each card you put on top of your library, you draw a card and you lose 3 life. Descend 8 — Whenever you draw a card, if there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
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Keywords: Surveil, Descend
EDHREC rank #7457 Rare Not on the Reserved List
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The 4 printings

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Standard ✓ Legal
Pioneer ✓ Legal
Modern ✓ Legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ✓ Legal
Historic ✓ Legal
Timeless ✓ Legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ✓ Legal
Penny ✓ Legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

5 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

Some descend triggered abilities include intervening "if" clauses (i.e. "if you have [four or eight] permanent cards in your graveyard" in the middle of the ability). Each of these abilities checks your graveyard at the moment it would trigger to see if it does. If you don't have the required number of permanent cards in your graveyard at that time, the ability doesn't trigger at all. If it does trigger, it will check again as it tries to resolve. If you don't have the required number of permanent cards in your graveyard at that time, the ability won't resolve and none of its effects will happen.

2023-11-10 · Wizards of the Coast

Cards with the ability word "descend N" have abilities that care if you have at least N permanent cards in your graveyard.

2023-11-10 · Wizards of the Coast

For Starving Revenant's enters-the-battlefield ability, you put cards into your graveyard for surveil (if any) before drawing cards. If there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard by the time you draw cards, those draws will cause the descend 8 ability to trigger.

2023-11-10 · Wizards of the Coast

Except in some unusual cases, the cards you put on top of your library while surveilling will be the cards you draw.

2023-11-10 · Wizards of the Coast

When you surveil, you may put all the cards you look at back on top of your library, you may put all of those cards into your graveyard, or you may put some of those cards on top and the rest of them into your graveyard.

2024-01-12 · Wizards of the Coast

All printings

Starving Revenant, The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Promos printing
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Promos
PLCI · #123p
Rare
∅ No QC price
Starving Revenant, The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Promos printing
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Promos
PLCI · #123s
Rare
∅ No QC price