Karador, Ghost Chieftain
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SetCMM
Collector #342
Released2023-08-04
Rarityrare
ArtistTodd Lockwood
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesReprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Karador, Ghost Chieftain

RareColour IDMV 8
Legendary Creature — Centaur Spirit
This spell costs less to cast for each creature card in your graveyard.
Once during each of your turns, you may cast a creature spell from your graveyard.
3 / 4
Card capabilities
Cost reductionCreatureGraveyard interactionLegendary creature
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
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Rulings (7)
wotc10 Nov 2020
You must follow the normal timing permissions and restrictions of the spell you cast from your graveyard.
wotc10 Nov 2020
You must pay the costs to cast that spell. If it has an alternative cost, you may cast it for that cost instead.
wotc10 Nov 2020
If a creature card is put into your graveyard during your main phase and the stack is empty, you have a chance to cast it before any player may attempt to remove that card from your graveyard.
wotc10 Nov 2020
Once you begin to cast the spell, losing control of Karador won't affect the spell. You can finish casting it as normal.
wotc10 Nov 2020
To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying, add any cost increases (such as the commander tax), then apply any cost reductions (such as that of Karador). The mana value of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.
wotc10 Nov 2020
If you cast one creature spell from your graveyard and then have a new Karador come under your control in the same turn, you may cast another creature spell from your graveyard that turn.
Ranked by shared capabilities, colour identity, mana value and type — never by strategic judgement.