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Imperious Oligarch

Card Name

Imperious Oligarch

Mana Cost

Type

Creature – Human Cleric

Rarity

Common

rules Text

VigilanceAfterlife 1 (When this creature dies, create a 1/1 white and black Spirit creature token with flying.)

Flavor Text

The rights of ghosts are strictly protected under Orzhov bylaws, and those who enforce them can count on the ghosts' assistance.

Legal Formats

Commander, Explorer, Historic, Legacy, Modern, Pauper, Pioneer, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Standard

Rulings

(1/25/2019)
Because blockers are chosen all at once, you can't block with a creature with afterlife, wait for it to die, then block with the resulting Spirit tokens.