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Unholy Indenture

{2}{B}

Enchantment — Aura

M20Core Set 2020#119common
Foil

"Don't think of it as selling your soul. It's more like you're bequeathing it to me." —Vilis, Broker of Blood

Border
black
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 660
Illustrator
Seb McKinnon
Found in
Core Set 2020 Theme Booster Black · Core Set 2020 MTGO Redemption · 2 more
Printings1CombosIn 59
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyNot legal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Enchant creature When enchanted creature dies, return that card to the battlefield under your control with a +1/+1 counter on it.

Plays as: Counter Payoff · Is Aura

Market · per finishspark updated 8h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil-3.4%
$0.28
$0.01 low-$0.01 gap
Foil-1.5%
$0.65
$0.25 low-$0.65 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.28· across 1 printing

Rulings

6 · latest Jul 12, 2019 · one tap opens all
  • WotCJul 12, 2019

    If Unholy Indenture enchants a token, it won’t be returned to the battlefield when it dies.

  • WotCJul 12, 2019

    If multiple players each control an Unholy Indenture attached to one creature, the player who will control the returned creature is the last player in turn order from the player whose turn it is at the time the creature dies. In a two-player game, this means the player whose turn it is not. In a multiplayer game, this means the player closest to the right of the player whose turn it is.

  • WotCJul 12, 2019

    If the returned creature enters with any other counters, it enters with those counters plus an additional +1/+1 counter.

  • WotCJul 12, 2019

    In a multiplayer game, if a player leaves the game, all cards that player owns leave as well. If you leave the game, the creature you control from Unholy Indenture’s effect is exiled.

  • WotCJul 12, 2019

    Once Unholy Indenture returns the creature, it’s considered a new object with no relation to the object that it was. Auras that were attached to it won’t return to the battlefield (including Unholy Indenture itself). Equipment that was attached to it will remain unattached. Any counters that were on it won’t be put on the new creature.

  • WotCJul 12, 2019

    You control the returned creature, regardless of who controlled it before it died.