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Containment Priest

Legal

Type line

Creature — Human Cleric

Oracle text

Flash If a nontoken creature would enter and it wasn't cast, exile it instead.

Rulings

If Containment Priest enters the battlefield without being cast, its ability won't exile itself.2021-03-19
Containment Priest's last ability won't affect any creatures that were cast, including ones cast from unusual zones such as your graveyard.2021-03-19
If Containment Priest enters the battlefield at the same time as other creatures, its ability won't affect those creatures.2021-03-19
If a noncreature card wasn't cast and is entering the battlefield as a creature (due to an effect such as that of March of the Machines), it will be exiled. Conversely, if a creature card wasn't cast and is entering the battlefield as a noncreature permanent (for example, Heliod, Sun-Crowned with insufficient devotion), it won't be exiled.2021-03-19

Market price

$0.51

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Commanders that play this card

Ellivere of the Wild Court

1 deck

Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant // Phoenix, Warden of Fire

1 deck

Ketramose, the New Dawn

1 deck

Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff

1 deck

Use over time

4 public decks with Containment Priest saved in the last 12 weeks, by the week each was last saved. Approximate: a deck counts in the week it was saved, not every week it held the card.

Jul 20This week

Often played with

Across the 4 public decks that play Containment Priest. That's a thin sample — treat these as observations, not staples.

4 of 4 (100%)