Not Dead After All

Instant

Until end of turn, target creature you control gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control, then create a Wicked Role token attached to it." (Enchanted creature gets +1/+1. When this token is put into a graveyard, each opponent loses 1 life.)

Set

Wilds of Eldraine (WOE #101)

Rarity

Common

Mana value

1

Released

2023-09-08

Artist

Randy Vargas

EDHREC rank

#1,096

Colour identity

Finishes

Nonfoil, Foil

Served from

Local database

Commander bracket

EDHREC

Combos 40

All 40 combos.

Format legality

Rulings

• 2023-09-01

  A permanent can have multiple Roles attached to it if each one is controlled by a different player.

• 2023-09-01

  Cards in the Wilds of Eldraine main set create six different Role tokens: Cursed, Monster, Royal, Sorcerer, Wicked, and Young Hero. A seventh Role token, Virtuous, is created by Ellivere of the Wild Court, the commander of the "Virtue and Valor" Commander Deck.

• 2023-09-01

  Hexproof and shroud won't prevent a Role from becoming attached to a permanent if the ability creating that Role attached to that permanent doesn't target it.

• 2023-09-01

  If a permanent has more than one Role attached to it controlled by the same player, each of those Roles except the one with the most recent timestamp is put into its owner's graveyard. This is a state-based action.

• 2023-09-01

  If multiple creatures return to the battlefield (possibly because Not Dead After All targeted a melded permanent), a Wicked Role token will be created attached to each of them.

• 2023-09-01

  If the creature doesn't return to the battlefield or returns as a noncreature permanent, the Wicked Role token won't be created.

• 2023-09-01

  If two or more Roles controlled by the same player become attached to a permanent at the same time (perhaps due to an effect such as that of Doubling Season), that player chooses which one to keep and which are put into their owners' graveyards.

• 2023-09-01

  In rare cases, a spell or ability might attempt to create a Role token enchanting a permanent that it can't legally enchant (because of an ability like protection from enchantments). In such cases, the Role token isn't created.

• 2023-09-01

  Roles are colorless enchantment tokens. Each one has the Aura and Role subtypes and the enchant creature ability.

• 2023-09-01

  Some spells and abilities that create Role tokens require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. The Role token won't be created.