Card

Containment Priest

Creature — Human Cleric


Flash
If a nontoken creature would enter the battlefield and it wasn't cast, exile it instead.

Some protection requires a bit of finesse.


  Time Spiral Remastered (TSR)
#292, Special

Illustrated by: John Stanko
Multiverse ID: 512258

Rulings

  • 2020-06-23
    If Containment Priest enters the battlefield at the same time as other creatures, its ability won’t affect those creatures.
  • 2020-06-23
    If Containment Priest enters the battlefield without being cast, its ability won’t exile itself.
  • 2020-06-23
    If a noncreature card wasn’t cast and is entering the battlefield as a creature (due to an effect such as that of March of the Machines), it will be exiled. Similarly, if a creature card wasn’t cast and is entering the battlefield as a noncreature permanent (for example, Heliod, Sun-Crowned with insufficient devotion), it won’t be exiled.
  • 2020-06-23
    Containment Priest’s last ability doesn’t stop creature tokens from entering the battlefield. It also doesn’t affect creatures that were already on the battlefield.
  • 2020-06-23
    Containment Priest’s last ability won’t affect any creatures that were cast, including ones cast from unusual zones such as your graveyard.
  • 2021-03-19
    If a noncreature card wasn’t cast and is entering the battlefield as a creature (due to an effect such as that of March of the Machines), it will be exiled. Conversely, if a creature card wasn’t cast and is entering the battlefield as a noncreature permanent (for example, Heliod, Sun-Crowned with insufficient devotion), it won’t be exiled.
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