Hell's Caretaker
- Mana cost
- {3}{B}
- Type
- Creature — Horror
- Power / toughness
- 1 / 1
- Set
- Ninth Edition #137★ (rare)
{T}, Sacrifice a creature: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only during your upkeep.
Hell's Caretaker has 7 printings, first in Legends (1994). EDHREC ranks it #9,616 among Commander cards. It appears most in Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder decks (272 on EDHREC). It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Hell's Caretaker most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder: 272 decks
- Kokusho, the Evening Star: 155 decks
- Adun Oakenshield: 27 decks
- Moira, Urborg Haunt: 19 decks
- Boris Devilboon: 15 decks
- Spirit of the Night: 11 decks
- Commander Greven il-Vec: 8 decks
- Hapatra, the Desert Fang: 6 decks
Often played with Hell's Caretaker
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : The upkeep step is before the draw step, after the untap step. Because the turn has already begun, creatures put onto the battlefield during your upkeep won't be able to attack or pay a {T} cost this turn.
- : Hell's Caretaker can be the creature sacrificed to activate its ability, but it can't be the target of its own ability.