Triumph of Saint Katherine — ruling 1

If you have fewer than six cards in your library or if Triumph of Saint Katherine isn't in your graveyard as the triggered ability resolves, no cards will be exiled and the ability will do nothing.

Triumph of Saint Katherine — ruling 2

You can reveal and cast a card with miracle on any turn, not just your own, if it's the first card you've drawn that turn.

Triumph of Saint Katherine — ruling 3

Multiple card draws are always treated as a sequence of individual card draws. For example, if you haven't drawn any cards yet during a turn and cast a spell that instructs you to draw three cards, you'll draw them one at a time. Only the first card drawn this way may be revealed and cast using its miracle ability.

Triumph of Saint Katherine — ruling 4

If an effect puts a card into your hand without using the word "draw," the card wasn't drawn.

Triumph of Saint Katherine — ruling 5

You don't have to reveal a drawn card with miracle if you don't wish to cast it at that time.

Triumph of Saint Katherine — ruling 6

You can cast a card for its miracle cost only as the miracle triggered ability resolves. If you don't want to cast it at that time (or you can't cast it, perhaps because there are no legal targets available), you won't be able to cast it later for the miracle cost.

Triumph of Saint Katherine — ruling 7

It's important to reveal a card with miracle before it is mixed with the other cards in your hand.

Triumph of Saint Katherine — ruling 8

Miracle is an alternative cost to cast the spell with miracle. It can't be combined with other alternative costs, such as casting a spell "without paying its mana cost."

Triumph of Saint Katherine : règles, fonctionnement et interactions (MTG)

Triumph of Saint Katherine 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

Lifelink Praesidium Protectiva — When this creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, exile it and the top six cards of your library in a face-down pile. If you do, shuffle that pile and put it back on top of your library. Miracle (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)

Complete guide

Triumph of Saint Katherine is a resilient Human Warrior that embodies the miraculous nature of the Sisters of Battle. By utilizing its unique Praesidium Protectiva ability, this creature ensures it is never gone for long, potentially reappearing on your next draw. This guide will help you master the timing of its Miracle cost and its circular journey from the graveyard to your library.

Divine Protection and Miracles

Triumph of Saint Katherine features two main mechanical pillars: Lifelink and the Praesidium Protectiva ability. When it dies, instead of staying in the graveyard, it gets shuffled into a hidden pile of the top six cards of your library and placed back on top. Furthermore, the Miracle ability allows you to cast it for a mere {1}{W} if it is the first card you draw in a turn, regardless of whether it is your turn or an opponent's.

Resolving the Protectiva Ability

When Triumph of Saint Katherine is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, the Praesidium Protectiva ability triggers. As it resolves, check two things: is the card still in the graveyard, and do you have at least six cards in your library? If both are true, you exile the Saint and the top six cards of your library. You then shuffle that specific seven-card pile face-down and put them back on top of your library. This effectively 'seeds' the card in your top seven draws, making its return highly likely.

Mastering the Miracle Timing

To cast this card for its Miracle cost, you must reveal it the moment you draw it, provided it is the first card you have drawn that turn. This triggers a separate ability. You cast the spell as that trigger resolves, ignoring normal timing restrictions for creatures. If you add the card to your hand without revealing it, or if it leaves your hand before the trigger resolves, you lose the chance to pay the discounted price.

Common Pitfalls

One common mistake is trying to trigger the shuffle effect if the card is exiled directly from the battlefield; it must hit the graveyard first. Additionally, if you draw multiple cards at once (like drawing three), only the very first card drawn can be revealed for a Miracle. Finally, remember that if the Saint is moved from the graveyard by an opponent's effect (like a scavenging ability) before the Protectiva ability resolves, the entire shuffle effect fails.

Interaction examples

Drawing on an Opponent's Turn

Solemn Simulacrum

If your Solemn Simulacrum dies on your opponent's turn and you haven't drawn any cards yet that turn, its trigger lets you draw a card. If that card is Triumph of Saint Katherine, you may reveal it and cast it immediately for its Miracle cost of {1}{W}, surprising your opponent with a blocker.

Doubling the Protectiva Pile

Roaming Throne

If you have Roaming Throne on the battlefield with 'Human' chosen and Triumph of Saint Katherine dies, Praesidium Protectiva triggers twice. However, the first trigger to resolve will exile the Saint. When the second trigger resolves, the Saint is no longer in the graveyard, so the second ability will do nothing and won't exile any further cards from your library.

Survival Through Attrition

When Triumph of Saint Katherine dies in combat, the Protectiva ability triggers. You take the card from the graveyard, exile it along with the top six cards of your library, shuffle those seven cards, and place them on top. Because the Saint is now one of the top seven cards, you have a high probability of drawing it soon and casting it again for {1}{W} using its Miracle keyword.

Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.

How it works : Triumph of Saint Katherine

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

#1January 12, 2024· Wizards of the Coast
If you have fewer than six cards in your library or if Triumph of Saint Katherine isn't in your graveyard as the triggered ability resolves, no cards will be exiled and the ability will do nothing.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#2October 7, 2022· Wizards of the Coast
You can reveal and cast a card with miracle on any turn, not just your own, if it's the first card you've drawn that turn.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#3October 7, 2022· Wizards of the Coast
Multiple card draws are always treated as a sequence of individual card draws. For example, if you haven't drawn any cards yet during a turn and cast a spell that instructs you to draw three cards, you'll draw them one at a time. Only the first card drawn this way may be revealed and cast using its miracle ability.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#4October 7, 2022· Wizards of the Coast
If an effect puts a card into your hand without using the word "draw," the card wasn't drawn.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#5October 7, 2022· Wizards of the Coast
You don't have to reveal a drawn card with miracle if you don't wish to cast it at that time.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#6October 7, 2022· Wizards of the Coast
You can cast a card for its miracle cost only as the miracle triggered ability resolves. If you don't want to cast it at that time (or you can't cast it, perhaps because there are no legal targets available), you won't be able to cast it later for the miracle cost.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#7October 7, 2022· Wizards of the Coast
It's important to reveal a card with miracle before it is mixed with the other cards in your hand.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#8October 7, 2022· Wizards of the Coast
Miracle is an alternative cost to cast the spell with miracle. It can't be combined with other alternative costs, such as casting a spell "without paying its mana cost."
No other card is named in this ruling.
#9October 7, 2022· Wizards of the Coast
To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a miracle cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#10October 7, 2022· Wizards of the Coast
If the card with miracle leaves your hand before the triggered ability resolves, you won't be able to cast it using its miracle ability.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#11October 7, 2022· Wizards of the Coast
You still draw the card, whether you use the miracle ability or not. Any ability that triggers whenever you draw a card, for example, will trigger. If you don't cast the card using its miracle ability, it will remain in your hand.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#12October 7, 2022· Wizards of the Coast
You cast the card with miracle during the resolution of the triggered ability. Ignore any timing rules based on the card's type.
No other card is named in this ruling.