Purgatory (Mirage) - Gatherer - Magic: The Gathering

Purgatory

Community Rating:

Community Rating: 3.968 / 5 (47 votes)

Oracle Printed

Card Name:

Purgatory

Mana Cost:

Mana Value:

Types:

Enchantment

Card Text:

Whenever a nontoken creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, exile that card.

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay

and 2 life. If you do, return a card exiled with Purgatory to the battlefield.

Expansion:

Mirage

Rarity:

Rare

Artist:

Mike Dringenberg

Rulings

10/4/2004	If an opponent takes control of this card and pays for the upkeep ability, the creatures will enter the battlefield under their control even if you exiled them.
10/4/2004	If destroyed at the same time some creatures are destroyed, the destroyed creatures are exiled and stay exiled.
4/1/2008	This has been restored to a triggered ability that triggers when a nontoken creature is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, rather than a replacement effect. The creature does go to the graveyard, and will trigger any other abilities that look for this event.
8/1/2008	If this card changes controllers between putting the upkeep triggered ability on the stack and resolving it, the creature is put onto the battlefield under the control of the player who controlled this card when the ability was put on the stack.