Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher
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Flying
Whenever a player sacrifices a permanent, put a +1/+1 counter on Carmen and you gain 1 life.
Whenever Carmen attacks, return up to one target permanent card with mana value less than or equal to Carmen's power from your graveyard to the battlefield.
What it does
Tagged as Recursion · +1/+1 counters · Lifegain — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.
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Official rulings
- If a permanent is sacrificed to pay a cost of a spell or ability, Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher's second ability will resolve before that spell or ability. Conversely, if a permanent is sacrificed during the resolution of a spell or ability, that spell or ability will finish resolving before Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher's second ability is put onto the stack. (2023-11-10)
- If another effect causes Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher's power to be less than the mana value of the target card as its last ability tries to resolve, the target is illegal. You won't return the target card to the battlefield. (2023-11-10)
- If you sacrifice Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher, its second ability will still trigger. (2023-11-10)
Printings & prices
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