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Grave Betrayal

{5}{B}{B}

Enchantment

RTRReturn to Ravnica#67rare
Foil
Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 1793
Illustrator
Lucas Graciano
Found in
Return to Ravnica MTGO Redemption · Return to Ravnica MTGO Redemption Foil · 11 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
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
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.
Market · per finishspark updated 4h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil-1.7%
$4.08
$1.85 low$0.95 gap
Foil+0.0%
$9.09
$3.65 low$0.85 gap
Cheapest playable copy$4.08· across 1 printing

Rulings

7 · latest Oct 1, 2012 · one tap opens all
  • WotCOct 1, 2012

    Each creature you don't control that dies causes a delayed triggered ability to trigger at the beginning of the next end step. If there are multiple such abilities, you can put them on the stack in any order. The creatures will return to the battlefield one at a time as each ability resolves. The last ability you put on the stack will be the first one to resolve.

  • WotCOct 1, 2012

    Grave Betrayal doesn't overwrite any previous colors or types. Rather, it adds another color and another creature type.

  • WotCOct 1, 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.

  • WotCOct 1, 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.

  • WotCOct 1, 2012

    If the creature is normally colorless, it will simply be black. It won't be both black and colorless.

  • WotCOct 1, 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.

  • WotCOct 1, 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.