Risen Executioner is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
This creature can't block. Other Zombie creatures you control get +1/+1. You may cast this creature from your graveyard if you paymore to cast it for each other creature card in your graveyard.
Complete guide
Risen Executioner is a relentless leader for your undead hordes, offering a powerful anthem effect and the ability to return from the grave. While it refuses to hide behind a shield, its presence ensures your Zombie army remains a constant threat. Understanding how to manage your graveyard is key to keeping this Warrior's casting cost affordable.
A Zombie Anthem with a Price
Risen Executioner provides a +1/+1 buff to all other Zombie creatures you control, making it a staple for tribal strategies. However, it cannot block, meaning it is strictly an offensive tool. Its most unique feature is the ability to be cast directly from your graveyard, provided you pay an additional {1} for every other creature card currently residing there.
Casting from the Grave
When you cast Risen Executioner from your graveyard, you follow the normal timing rules for a creature spell. As you begin the casting process, you calculate the total cost by adding {1} to the mana cost for each other creature card in your graveyard. Once you begin this process, players cannot remove creatures from your graveyard to change the cost you must pay; the cost is locked in before anyone receives priority.
Strategic Graveyard Management
A common mistake is forgetting that Risen Executioner counts every other creature card in your graveyard, regardless of their type. If you have non-Zombie creatures filling up your bin, the Executioner becomes significantly more expensive to recur. To keep its cost low, you may need ways to exile your own creature cards or simply limit the number of non-Zombie creatures in your deck.
When to Deploy the Executioner
Deploy Risen Executioner early to pressure opponents with buffed Zombies, or save its graveyard cast for the late game when you have excess mana. Because it cannot block, it is best utilized in aggressive decks that aim to end the game before the opponent can mount a counter-attack.
Interaction examples
Roaming ThroneIf you have Roaming Throne on the battlefield and choose 'Zombie,' it gains the Zombie type. Risen Executioner will grant Roaming Throne +1/+1 because it is another Zombie creature you control. Note that the Executioner's +1/+1 effect is a static ability, not a triggered ability, so Roaming Throne will not cause the buff to double.
Solemn SimulacrumIf Solemn Simulacrum is in your graveyard along with Risen Executioner, casting the Executioner from the graveyard will cost {3}{B}{B} ({2}{B}{B} plus {1} for the Simulacrum). If the Simulacrum is on the battlefield instead, the Executioner only costs its base {2}{B}{B} to cast from the graveyard.
With Risen Executioner on the battlefield, you can attack for 4 damage. However, during your opponent's turn, you cannot select Risen Executioner as a blocker due to its 'can't block' restriction, even if it is untapped. You must rely on your other buffed Zombies to hold the line.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Risen Executioner
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Risen Executioner’s last ability doesn’t change when you can cast it.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
Once you start to cast Risen Executioner from your graveyard, you’ll finish casting it, including paying its cost, before any player receives priority. No one can respond in time to affect the cost you’ll pay (perhaps by destroying one of your other creatures).
No other card is named in this ruling.
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