Grave Betrayal
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SetRTR
Collector #67
Released2012-10-05
Rarityrare
ArtistLucas Graciano
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Grave Betrayal

RareColour IDMV 7
Enchantment
Whenever a creature you don't control dies, return it to the battlefield under your control with an additional +1/+1 counter on it at the beginning of the next end step. That creature is a black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types.
Card capabilities
Enchantment
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
This is the only English printing.
Rulings (7)
wotc1 Oct 2012
If the creature card leaves the graveyard before the delayed triggered ability resolves, it won't return to the battlefield. This is also true if the card leaves the graveyard and returns to the graveyard before that ability resolves.
wotc1 Oct 2012
In a multiplayer game, if more than one player controls a Grave Betrayal and a creature controlled by none of those players dies, each Grave Betrayal will create a delayed triggered ability at the beginning of the next end step. The first such ability to resolve will return the creature. Usually, this will be one controlled by the player furthest from the active player in turn order.
wotc1 Oct 2012
Grave Betrayal doesn't overwrite any previous colors or types. Rather, it adds another color and another creature type.
wotc1 Oct 2012
If the creature is normally colorless, it will simply be black. It won't be both black and colorless.
wotc1 Oct 2012
If a creature you don't control dies during the end step, that creature won't return to the battlefield until the beginning of the next end step.
wotc1 Oct 2012
The phrase "with an additional +1/+1 counter on it" means that the creature enters with one more +1/+1 counter than it would normally enter with. It doesn't keep any counters it had on it when it died.