Abattoir Ghoul
Creature — Zombie
ISDInnistrad#85uncommon
Foil
Death took his humanity but not his skill with the knife.
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2003
- Pull rate
- about 2 per booster–1 in 1191
- Illustrator
- Volkan Baǵa
- Found in
- Dark Ascension Intro Pack Relentless Dead · Innistrad MTGO Redemption · 3 more
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
First strike
Whenever a creature dealt damage by this creature this turn dies, you gain life equal to that creature's toughness.
3/2First strike
Plays as: Ltb Trigger · Lifegain Source
Market · per finishspark updated 8h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil-12.5%
$0.14
$0.01 low$0.00 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.37
$0.30 low$0.22 gap
Finish
Market
Δ 7D · Trend
Low
Buylist
Buy / Sell Gap
Nonfoil
$0.14as of 2026-07-12
-12.5%
H $0.16L $0.04since Feb 2024$0.01
$0.01
$0.000% · normal spread
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Low: tcgplayer
Buylist: cardkingdom
Foil
$0.37as of 2026-07-12
+0.0%
H $0.50L $0.25since Feb 2024$0.30
$0.08
$0.22+73% · normal spread
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Cheapest playable copy$0.10· across 2 printings
Rulings
1 · latest Sep 22, 2011 · one tap opens all
- WotCSep 22, 2011
You'll gain life equal to the creature's last known toughness before it died. For example, if Abattoir Ghoul deals 3 first-strike damage to a 7/7 creature and then you give the creature -5/-5 before the regular combat damage step, you'll gain 2 life.