First printed in Wilds of Eldraine (2023)
Instant
Until end of turn, target creature you control gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control, then create a Wicked Role token attached to it." (Enchanted creature gets +1/+1. When this token is put into a graveyard, each opponent loses 1 life.)
- Illustrated by
- Randy Vargas
Legality
- Legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Pauper Commander, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, PreDH
Rulings (10)
- If the creature doesn't return to the battlefield or returns as a noncreature permanent, the Wicked Role token won't be created.
- Some spells and abilities that create Role tokens require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. The Role token won't be created.
- Roles are colorless enchantment tokens. Each one has the Aura and Role subtypes and the enchant creature ability.
- A permanent can have multiple Roles attached to it if each one is controlled by a different player.
- If two or more Roles controlled by the same player become attached to a permanent at the same time (perhaps due to an effect such as that of Doubling Season), that player chooses which one to keep and which are put into their owners' graveyards.
- Cards in the Wilds of Eldraine main set create six different Role tokens: Cursed, Monster, Royal, Sorcerer, Wicked, and Young Hero. A seventh Role token, Virtuous, is created by Ellivere of the Wild Court, the commander of the "Virtue and Valor" Commander Deck.
- If multiple creatures return to the battlefield (possibly because Not Dead After All targeted a melded permanent), a Wicked Role token will be created attached to each of them.
- If a permanent has more than one Role attached to it controlled by the same player, each of those Roles except the one with the most recent timestamp is put into its owner's graveyard. This is a state-based action.
- In rare cases, a spell or ability might attempt to create a Role token enchanting a permanent that it can't legally enchant (because of an ability like protection from enchantments). In such cases, the Role token isn't created.
- Hexproof and shroud won't prevent a Role from becoming attached to a permanent if the ability creating that Role attached to that permanent doesn't target it.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 31 Oct 2026).
In Limited on MTG Arena
Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).
| Set | GIH WR | vs set | IWD | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilds of Eldraine (WOE), Premier Draft | 54.9% | -0.3 | +0.1 | 32133 |
| Wilds of Eldraine (WOE), Sealed | 58.8% | +2.2 | +2.7 | 2871 |
- GIH WR
- win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
- vs set
- points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
- IWD
- improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
- Games
- games in which the card was seen
Combos
40 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Dualcaster Mage + Not Dead After All + Viscera Seer
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Ashnod's Altar + Dualcaster Mage + Not Dead After All
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Dualcaster Mage + Goblin Bombardment + Not Dead After All
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Dualcaster Mage + Not Dead After All + Phyrexian Altar
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Eternal Witness + Not Dead After All + Phyrexian Altar
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Carrion Feeder + Dualcaster Mage + Not Dead After All
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Altar of Dementia + Dualcaster Mage + Not Dead After All
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Blasting Station + Dualcaster Mage + Not Dead After All
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Dualcaster Mage + Not Dead After All + Yahenni, Undying Partisan
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Cormela, Glamour Thief + Not Dead After All + Phyrexian Altar
