Loyal Cathar // Unhallowed Cathar
~$0.06 low · ~$0.11 high
Multicolor. Creature — Human Soldier // Creature — Zombie Soldier
Dark Ascension #13 · Illustrated by Ryan Pancoast
Dark Ascension #13 · Illustrated by Ryan PancoastWhat is Loyal Cathar // Unhallowed Cathar worth?
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Oracle text
Loyal Cathar
Creature — Human Soldier
Vigilance
When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield transformed under your control at the beginning of the next end step.
2/2
"I trust myself to do my duty, even unto death. It's what comes after that I'm afraid of." —Constable Visil, to Thalia
Unhallowed Cathar
Creature — Zombie Soldier
This creature can't block.
2/1
"Just fight without fear. Your soul is protected by the hand of Avacyn and will never submit to evil." —Thalia, to Constable Visil
Format legality
The only printing of Loyal Cathar // Unhallowed Cathar
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Dark Ascension dka #13· 2012common· Cardmarket €0.07 · €0.32 foil | common | $0.06 | $0.11 | €0.07€0.32 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2012
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 2
- EDHREC rank
- #30,536 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Vigilance, Transform
- Artist
- Ryan Pancoast
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Dark Ascension card (#13).
13
- 13Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
Cards from 1998 to mid-2014 print the collector number over the set's card count (like 90/383) next to the copyright line. They have no rarity letter, set code or language code: the set symbol and its colour show the set and rarity.
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Card breakdown
The parts of Loyal Cathar // Unhallowed Cathar (2 faces), read from the Dark Ascension printing. How to read any Magic card.
Loyal Cathar
- Mana cost
- What you pay to cast this face.
- Type line
- Creature is the card type. Human and Soldier are subtypes, after the dash.
- Text box
- What the card does.
- Flavor text
- Italic story text below the rules. It has no effect on the game, and it can differ between printings.
- Power / toughness
- 2/2: power is the combat damage it deals; toughness is how much damage destroys it.
Unhallowed Cathar
- Type line
- Creature is the card type. Zombie and Soldier are subtypes, after the dash.
- Text box
- What the card does.
- Flavor text
- Italic story text below the rules. It has no effect on the game, and it can differ between printings.
- Power / toughness
- 2/1: power is the combat damage it deals; toughness is how much damage destroys it.
This printing
- Illustration
- By Ryan Pancoast. The art has no effect on the game.
- Set symbol
- Dark Ascension. Black or white means common.
- Collector number
- 13 = collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- Artist
- Ryan Pancoast, after the paintbrush.
- Copyright
- Wizards of the Coast's copyright notice, with the year.
Keywords
- VigilanceCR 702.20
- Attacking doesn't cause it to tap.
- TransformCR 701.27
- Turn a double-faced permanent over to its other face.
Rule numbers from the Magic Comprehensive Rules, version of September 25, 2026.
Rulings (4)
2011-01-22
If you gain control of a Loyal Cathar owned by another player and it dies, it will be put into to its owner's graveyard and then return to the battlefield under your control.
2011-01-22
Another double-faced card that becomes a copy of Loyal Cathar and then dies will return to the battlefield with its back face up.
2011-01-22
When Loyal Cathar dies, it will return to the battlefield with its back face (Unhallowed Cathar) up. It doesn't return to the battlefield and then transform.
2016-04-08
If a card that isn't a double-faced card becomes a copy of Loyal Cathar (due to Cytoshape, for example) and then dies, that card won't return to the battlefield. It will remain in its owner's graveyard.
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