Karador, Ghost Chieftain
This spell costs 1 less to cast for each creature card in your graveyard.
Once during each of your turns, you may cast a creature spell from your graveyard.
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Legality
9 formatsB/R history
Rulings
7- 2020-11-10
If a creature card is put into your graveyard during your main phase and the stack is empty, you have a chance to cast it before any player may attempt to remove that card from your graveyard.
- 2020-11-10
If multiple effects allow you to play a card from your graveyard, you must announce which permission you're using as you begin to play the card.
- 2020-11-10
If you cast one creature spell from your graveyard and then have a new Karador come under your control in the same turn, you may cast another creature spell from your graveyard that turn.
- 2020-11-10
Once you begin to cast the spell, losing control of Karador won't affect the spell. You can finish casting it as normal.
- 2020-11-10
To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying, add any cost increases (such as the commander tax), then apply any cost reductions (such as that of Karador). The mana value of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.
- 2020-11-10
You must follow the normal timing permissions and restrictions of the spell you cast from your graveyard.
- 2020-11-10
You must pay the costs to cast that spell. If it has an alternative cost, you may cast it for that cost instead.
Versions
13| Set | No. | Year | Rarity | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMMCommander Masters | 342 | 2023 | Rare | Todd Lockwood |
| CMMCommander Masters | 581 | 2023 | Rare | Todd Lockwood |
| 2X2Double Masters 2022 | 238 | 2022 | Mythic | Todd Lockwood |
| 2X2Double Masters 2022 | 514 | 2022 | Mythic | Todd Lockwood |
| CMRCommander Legends | 521 | 2020 | Mythic | Todd Lockwood |
| PLSTThe List | MX-98855 | 2020 | Mythic | Todd Lockwood |
| SLDSecret Lair Drop | 1646 | 2019 | Mythic | Laura Plansker |
| SLDSecret Lair Drop | MX-90299 | 2019 | Mythic | Laura Plansker |
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| J14Judge Gift Cards 2014Promo | 1 | 2014 | Rare | Todd Lockwood |
| CMDCommander 2011 | 207 | 2011 | Mythic | Todd Lockwood |
| OCMDCommander 2011 Oversized | MX-17449 | 2011 | Mythic | Todd Lockwood |
| PRMMagic Online PromosPromoOnline | 51534 | 2002 | Mythic | Todd Lockwood |
| PRMMagic Online PromosPromoOnline | 86188 | 2002 | Mythic | Todd Lockwood |
In sealed products
Pull odds for signed-in users| Product | Set | Chance | Expected copies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Festival in a Box Las Vegas 2024 Bundle · Box set | SLD | ||
| Commander Masters Set Booster Box · Booster box | CMM | ||
| Commander Masters Draft Booster Box · Booster box | CMM | ||
| Commander Masters Collector Booster Box · Booster box | CMM | ||
| Commander Masters Set Booster Pack · Booster pack | CMM | ||
| Commander Masters Draft Booster Pack · Booster pack | CMM | ||
| Commander Masters Collector Booster Pack · Booster pack | CMM | ||
| Double Masters 2022 Collector Booster Box · Booster box | 2X2 |