Isareth the Awakener
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
Whenever Isareth attacks, you may pay . When you do, return target creature card with mana value X from your graveyard to the battlefield with a corpse counter on it. If that creature would leave the battlefield, exile it instead of putting it anywhere else.
Legal in
Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Brawl, Historic
Rulings (6)
Because all attacking creatures are chosen at once, a creature returned this way can't attack during the same combat as it returns, even if it has haste.
2018-07-13
Because to die means to be put into a graveyard from the battlefield, a creature that is exiled instead doesn't "die." Abilities that would trigger when it dies won't trigger.
2018-07-13
Isareth's triggered ability goes on the stack without a target. While that ability is resolving, you may pay . When you do, a second ability triggers and you pick a target creature card to return. This is different from abilities that say "If you do . . ." in that players may cast spells and activate abilities after mana is paid and the target creature card is chosen, but before that card is returned.
2018-07-13
If a card in your graveyard has in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
2018-07-13