Necropotence

Fifth Edition • #182 • rare

Enchantment |

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Live Value $37.85

Foil Multiplier: Flat Baseline (1.0x)

Reprint Profile:

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Necropotence

Fifth Edition • #182 • rare

Current Valuation

$37.85

30-Day Market Trend

Rarity

rare

Set Origin

5ED

Daily Shift

0.00%

EDHREC Rank

#521

Mana Cost

Oracle Data

Card Type Enchantment

Color Identity Black

🖋️ Curator's Notes

Skip your draw step.

Whenever you discard a card, exile that card from your graveyard.

Pay 1 life: Exile the top card of your library face down. Put that card into your hand at the beginning of your next end step.

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Official Judge Precedents

4 Precedents

2017-11-17

Necropotence's last ability creates a delayed triggered ability that will put the exiled card into your hand. That ability still triggers even if Necropotence is removed from the battlefield before your end step.

2017-11-17

If a discarded card isn't put into your graveyard (due to an effect such as that of Obstinate Baloth) or leaves your graveyard (perhaps because another effect returned it to your hand), it won't be exiled.

2017-11-17

If you discard a card with madness and wish to cast it, Necropotence's ability won't exile that card. If you don't wish to cast it, you choose whether it ends up exiled or in your graveyard.

2023-09-01

You can't look at the cards exiled by the last ability while they're face down.

📜 Technical Attributes

Release Date: 1997-03-24

Set Name: Fifth Edition

Artist Reference: Mark Tedin

Border Profile: white

✨ Variants & Finishes

Available Finishes Standard

Promo Status NO

Edition Status Reprint