Carnival Hellsteed (Return to Ravnica) - Gatherer

Carnival Hellsteed

Community Rating:

Community Rating: 3.422 / 5 (90 votes)

Oracle Printed

Card Name:

Carnival Hellsteed

Mana Cost:

Mana Value:

Types:

Creature — Nightmare Horse

Card Text:

First strike, haste

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:

Its favorite treats are candied hands and sweet hearts.

Watermark:

Rakdos

P/T:

5 / 4

Expansion:

Return to Ravnica

Rarity:

Rare

All Sets:

Card Number:

147

Artist:

Chase Stone

Language:

English

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.