MScore: 4.7/10

Brood of Cockroaches

{1} {B}

Creature — Insectuncommon

When this creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, at the beginning of the next end step, you lose 1 life and return this card to your hand.

"It's like waking on a bed of a thousand olives during an earthquake of subtle force." —Afari, *Tales*

1/1

Illustrated by Geofrey Darrow & I. Rabarot · The List · #VIS-53

Rulings for Brood of Cockroaches

2004-10-04
The loss of life is not optional.

2004-10-04
The life loss and the return to hand both happen at the beginning of the end step as a single effect. It is not two separate effects.

All Printings

The List#VIS-532024uncommon Visions#531997uncommon

Format Legality

Duellegal

Brawlnot legal

Pennynot legal

Predhlegal

Futurenot legal

Legacylegal

Modernnot legal

Paupernot legal

Alchemynot legal

Pioneernot legal

Vintagelegal

Historicnot legal

Standardnot legal

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