Containment Priest
Mystery Booster 2 7 • rare
- Set
- Mystery Booster 2
- Collector number
- 7
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana white mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- John Stanko
- Market price
- $0.27
What it does
Flash
If a nontoken creature would enter and it wasn't cast, exile it instead.
Some protection requires a bit of finesse.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Containment Priest was originally released in the 2014 Magic: The Gathering Commander set, designed as a hate-bear creature intended to disrupt strategies that rely on putting creatures onto the battlefield without casting them. Mechanically, it serves as a powerful check against 'blink' or 'reanimate' archetypes, effectively shutting down cards that seek to circumvent traditional casting costs by entering the battlefield directly from exile, graveyards, or libraries.
The Mystery Booster 2 version features the card as part of a specialized playtest-focused set, which often highlights staple utility creatures from the game's long history. The original artwork, illustrated by Aleksi Briclot, emphasizes the character's role as a vigilant guardian, using austere religious iconography to convey the theme of containment and absolute prohibition of illicit entry, a design choice that has remained iconic among players for its clarity and thematic cohesion.
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