Malevolent Hermit // Benevolent Geist magic the gathering card artMalevolent Hermit // Benevolent Geist magic the gathering card art
Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (mid)
#336rare English Foil

Malevolent Hermit // Benevolent Geist

Creature — Human Wizard // Creature — Spirit Wizard

island, Sacrifice this creature: Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays
3
.

Disturb
2
island (You may cast this card from your graveyard transformed for its disturb cost.)

//

Flying

Noncreature spells you control can't be countered.

If Benevolent Geist would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.

Illustrated by Daarken
Links
Legalities
Not Legal
standard
Legal
historic
Legal
pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Not Legal
pauper
Legal
vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
brawl
Not Legal
alchemy
Rulings
Disturb is found only on the front faces of some double-faced cards.
2021-09-24wotc
"Disturb [cost]" means "You may cast this card transformed from your graveyard by paying [cost] rather than its mana cost."
2021-09-24wotc
When you cast a spell using a card's disturb ability, the card is put onto the stack with its back face up. The resulting spell has all the characteristics of that face.
2021-09-24wotc
To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a disturb cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of a spell cast using disturb is determined by the mana cost on the front face of the card, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was. (This is a special rule that applies only to transforming double faced-cards, including ones with disturb.)
2021-09-24wotc
A spell cast this way enters the battlefield with its back face up.
2021-09-24wotc
If you copy a permanent spell cast this way (perhaps with a card like Double Major), the copy becomes a token that's a copy of the card's back face, even though it isn't itself a double-faced card.
2021-09-24wotc
The back face of each card with disturb has an ability that instructs its controller to exile if it would be put into a graveyard from anywhere. This includes going to the graveyard from the stack, so if the spell is countered after you cast it using the disturb ability, it will be put into exile.
2021-09-24wotc


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