"They killed my family to deny me a future. They fed on my ancestors to deny me a past." —Crovax
Barrow Ghoul - Weatherlight (#61) - Illustrated by Bryan Talbot - Magic: The Gathering Card
Weatherlight Common #61 Bryan Talbot

Barrow Ghoul

Card Rules and Details

Card Type: Creature — Zombie

Mana Cost: {1}{B}

Oracle Rules Text: At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you exile the top creature card of your graveyard.

Flavor Text: "They killed my family to deny me a future. They fed on my ancestors to deny me a past." —Crovax

Set: Weatherlight (#61), Rarity: Common, Artist: Bryan Talbot

Creature Black Common
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Historical Printings & Sets (1)
1 Languages
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1 Printing
Thumbnail Set Name Code Rarity Artist Released
Barrow Ghoul - Weatherlight MTG card scan Barrow Ghoul Weatherlight Viewing WTH Common Bryan Talbot 1997-06-09

Official Rulings (7)

2008-04-01
The last thing that happens to a resolving instant or sorcery spell is that it’s put into its owner’s graveyard. —Example: You cast Wrath of God. All creatures on the battlefield are destroyed. You arrange all the cards put into your graveyard this way in any order you want. The other players in the game do the same to the cards that are put into their graveyards. Then you put Wrath of God into your graveyard, on top of the other cards.
2008-04-01
If an effect or rule puts two or more cards into the same graveyard at the same time, the owner of those cards may arrange them in any order.
2008-04-01
When the ability resolves, you choose whether to sacrifice the creature or perform the other action. If you can’t perform the other action, then you must sacrifice the creature.
2008-04-01
Players may not rearrange the cards in their graveyards. This is a little-known rule because new cards that care about graveyard order haven’t been printed in years.
2008-04-01
Say you’re the owner of both a permanent and an Aura that’s attached to it. If both the permanent and the Aura are destroyed at the same time (by Akroma’s Vengeance, for example), you decide the order they’re put into your graveyard. If just the enchanted permanent is destroyed, it’s put into your graveyard first. Then, after state-based actions are checked, the Aura (which is no longer attached to anything) is put into your graveyard on top of it.
2008-04-01
If the creature is no longer on the battlefield when the ability resolves, you may still perform the action if you want.
2008-04-01
The “top” card of your graveyard is the card that was put there most recently.

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