Creature — Troll Warlock // Sorcery //

At the beginning of your upkeep, 1. Then if there are three or more creature cards in your graveyard, this creature becomes prepared. (While it's prepared, you may a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.) // Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. You lose life equal to that card's mana value.

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482a4a8d-910a-4262-8142-5f79ac2d4159
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partial Extraction abilities-3

Incomplete card classification: unmodeled effect: surveil 1; unmodeled effect: Then if there are three or more creature cards in your graveyard, this creature becomes prepared.; unmodeled effect: You lose life equal to that card's mana value.

Ability 1

triggeredpartial

At the beginning of your upkeep, surveil 1. Then if there are three or more creature cards in your graveyard, this creature becomes prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)

Active zone
battlefield
Trigger
upkeep
Cost
No recorded activation cost.
Requirements
All of: Unsupported condition: unmodeled effect: surveil 1; unmodeled effect: Then if there are three or more creature cards in your graveyard, this creature becomes prepared.
Source span
0–222

Functional categories

Effects

trigger · immediate

No additional explicit requirement.

  • payoff upkeep · self card
    No additional explicit requirement.

Incomplete: unmodeled effect: surveil 1; unmodeled effect: Then if there are three or more creature cards in your graveyard, this creature becomes prepared.

Source evidence
Source
oracle
Revision
503659370aea9956d749662de8e9832074cac6e49fa4a1d08a45d4978cc42013
Rule
abilities-3
Confidence
Not calibrated

At the beginning of your upkeep, surveil 1. Then if there are three or more creature cards in your graveyard, this creature becomes prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)

Ability 2

castunsupported

Cast Grave Researcher

Active zone
hand
Trigger
Unavailable
Cost
Mana {2}{B}
Requirements
All of: timing: sorcery; Unsupported condition: multi-face casting choice not modeled
Source span
0–0

No functional category evidence is published for this ability.

Effects

cast · immediate

No additional explicit requirement.

  • requires mana · self B · amount 1
    action kind: creature_spell
  • requires mana · self generic · amount 2
    action kind: creature_spell
  • produces creature_cast · self creature · amount 1 · hand → stack
    No additional explicit requirement.

Incomplete: multi-face casting choice not modeled

Source evidence
Source
scryfall
Revision
503659370aea9956d749662de8e9832074cac6e49fa4a1d08a45d4978cc42013
Rule
card-type-cast-event
Confidence
Not calibrated

Creature — Troll Warlock

Ability 3

spellpartial

Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. You lose life equal to that card's mana value.

Active zone
stack
Trigger
Unavailable
Cost
No recorded activation cost.
Requirements
All of: Unsupported condition: unmodeled effect: You lose life equal to that card's mana value.
Source span
0–129

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Effects

zone move · immediate

No additional explicit requirement.

  • requires graveyard_creature · any creature · amount 1 · graveyard → unknown zone
    No additional explicit requirement.
  • produces graveyard_leave · any creature · amount 1 · graveyard → battlefield
    No additional explicit requirement.
  • produces battlefield_entry · any creature · amount 1 · graveyard → battlefield
    No additional explicit requirement.

Incomplete: unmodeled effect: You lose life equal to that card's mana value.

Source evidence
Source
oracle
Revision
503659370aea9956d749662de8e9832074cac6e49fa4a1d08a45d4978cc42013
Rule
abilities-3
Confidence
Not calibrated

Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. You lose life equal to that card's mana value.

Ability 4

castunsupported

Cast Reanimate

Active zone
hand
Trigger
Unavailable
Cost
Mana {B}
Requirements
All of: timing: sorcery; Unsupported condition: multi-face casting choice not modeled
Source span
0–0

No functional category evidence is published for this ability.

Effects

cast · immediate

No additional explicit requirement.

  • requires mana · self B · amount 1
    action kind: noncreature_spell
  • produces noncreature_cast · self spell · amount 1 · hand → stack
    No additional explicit requirement.

Incomplete: multi-face casting choice not modeled

Source evidence
Source
scryfall
Revision
503659370aea9956d749662de8e9832074cac6e49fa4a1d08a45d4978cc42013
Rule
card-type-cast-event
Confidence
Not calibrated

Sorcery

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