Defy Death
Avacyn Restored (AVR) #16 · Uncommon · Sorcery
Mana cost: {3}{W}{W}
Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. If it's an Angel, put two +1/+1 counters on it.
Gisela cornered the murderous demon among the graves of the dead villagers. "A fitting end," she murmured as she raised her sword.
Illustrated by Karl Kopinski · Released May 4, 2012
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.36 USD · €0.16 EUR
- Foil: $3.69 USD · €1.53 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $0.04 USD (12.5%) to $0.36 USD; low $0.31 USD, high $0.37 USD.
Printings
- Foundations Commander #25 (FDC) · Uncommon · 2026 · $0.31 USD
- Jumpstart 2022 #174 (J22) · Uncommon · 2022 · $0.34 USD
- Avacyn Restored #16 (this printing) · Uncommon · 2012 · $0.36 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Not legal
- Historic: Not legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Not legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Not legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2012-05-01 · wotc — No player can cast spells or activate abilities between returning the creature card to the battlefield and checking whether it’s an Angel.
- 2012-05-01 · wotc — If the creature is an Angel only on the battlefield (perhaps because it’s a non-Angel creature card and Xenograft is on the battlefield), it will get the +1/+1 counters.
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