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Rakdos Cackler

Card Name

Rakdos Cackler

Mana Cost

Type

Creature – Devil

Rarity

Uncommon

rules Text

Unleash (You may have this creature enter the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it. It can't block as long as it has a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Flavor Text

Devil-blades and dripping blood make music Rakdos never tires of hearing.

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Pauper, Standard

Rulings

(4/15/2013)
You make the choice to have the creature with unleash enter the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter or not as it's entering the battlefield. At that point, it's too late for a player to respond to the creature spell by trying to counter it, for example.
(4/15/2013)
The unleash ability applies no matter where the creature is entering the battlefield from.
(4/15/2013)
A creature with unleash can't block if it has any +1/+1 counter on it, not just one put on it by the unleash ability.
(4/15/2013)
Putting a +1/+1 counter on a creature with unleash that's already blocking won't remove it from combat. It will continue to block.