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Vengeful Pharaoh

{2}{B}{B}{B}

Creature — Zombie

M12Magic 2012#116rare
Foil
Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 1793
Illustrator
Igor Kieryluk
Found in
2012 Core Set MTGO Redemption Foil · 2012 Core Set MTGO Redemption · 2 more
Printings1
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
Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.) Whenever combat damage is dealt to you or a planeswalker you control, if this card is in your graveyard, destroy target attacking creature, then put this card on top of your library.
5/4
Deathtouch
Market · per finishspark updated 6h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+1.9%
$1.10
$0.80 low$0.35 gap
Foil+2.5%
$6.65
$5.67 low$2.67 gap
Cheapest playable copy$1.10· across 1 printing

Rulings

6 · latest Sep 22, 2011 · one tap opens all
  • WotCSep 22, 2011

    If Vengeful Pharaoh is no longer in your graveyard when the triggered ability would resolve, the triggered ability won't do anything.

  • WotCSep 22, 2011

    If multiple creatures deal combat damage to you and to a planeswalker you control simultaneously, Vengeful Pharaoh will trigger twice. The first trigger will cause Vengeful Pharaoh to be put on top of your library. The second trigger will then do nothing, as Vengeful Pharaoh is no longer in your graveyard when it tries to resolve. Note that the second trigger will do nothing even if Vengeful Pharaoh is put back into your graveyard before it tries to resolve, as it's a different Vengeful Pharaoh than the one that was there before.

  • WotCSep 22, 2011

    If multiple creatures deal combat damage to you simultaneously, Vengeful Pharaoh will only trigger once.

  • WotCSep 22, 2011

    If the attacking creature is an illegal target when the triggered ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. Vengeful Pharaoh will remain in your graveyard.

  • WotCSep 22, 2011

    If your own attacking creatures deal combat damage to you or a planeswalker you control (perhaps because combat damage was redirected), Vengeful Pharaoh will still trigger. You must target and destroy one of your own attacking creatures.

  • WotCSep 22, 2011

    Vengeful Pharaoh must be in your graveyard when combat damage is dealt to you or a planeswalker you control in order for its ability to trigger. That is, it can't die and trigger from your graveyard during the same combat damage step.