Coffin Queen
Coffin Queen: Creature - Zombie Wizard, Tempest. You may choose not to untap this creature during your untap step. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{B}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Creature - Zombie Wizard
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Power / toughness
- 1/1
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Tempest (TMP)
- Released
- 1997-10-14
- Collector number
- 114
- Artist
- Kaja Foglio
- Commander rank
- 12,683 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Coffin Queen
Coffin Queen is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black creature from Tempest (TMP), an expansion set released in October 1997. It is collector number 114 in that set, with art by Kaja Foglio. It costs {2}{B} (two generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 1/1 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Tempest (1997) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $4.50 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
You may choose not to untap this creature during your untap step.
{2}{B}, {T}: Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. When this creature becomes untapped or you lose control of this creature, exile that creature.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $4.50 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Coffin Queen by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
Other printings of Coffin Queen
Coffin Queen has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #TPR-87 | Rare | 2024 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1704 | Rare | 2024 |
| Tempest Remastered (TPR) #87 | Rare | 2015 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Coffin Queen, newest first.
- If Coffin Queen leaves the battlefield before its ability resolves, the delayed trigger condition can never be fulfilled, so the creature will not be exiled. If Coffin Queen is untapped when its ability resolves, the creature will not be exiled until the next time Coffin Queen becomes untapped.
- If the creature put onto the battlefield leaves the battlefield, the tracking effect ends and the creature will no longer be exiled if something happens to the Coffin Queen.
- If the creature put onto the battlefield phases out, the tracking effect continues when it phases back in if the Coffin Queen is still on the battlefield. If the Queen left the battlefield while the creature was phased out, the creature phases in as normal.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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