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Bishop of Binding

Creature — Vampire Cleric MV 4

Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.

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What it does

When this creature enters, exile target creature an opponent controls until this creature leaves the battlefield.

Whenever this creature attacks, target Vampire gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the power of the exiled card.

Rulings

6 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.

  • 2018-01-19

    If there is no exiled card as Bishop of Binding’s last ability resolves, most likely because Bishop of Binding left the battlefield while that ability was on the stack, X is 0. The same is true if the exiled card doesn’t have a power, most likely because it’s a noncreature card that had become a creature.

  • 2018-01-19

    Auras attached to the exiled creature will be put into their owners’ graveyards. Any Equipment will become unattached and remain on the battlefield. Any counters on the exiled creature will cease to exist.

  • 2018-01-19

    If a Vehicle is exiled with Bishop of Binding, use its printed power to determine the value of X.

  • 2018-01-19

    If a token is exiled this way, it will cease to exist and won’t return to the battlefield.

  • 2018-01-19

    If Bishop of Binding leaves the battlefield before its first triggered ability tries to resolve, the target creature won’t be exiled.

  • 2018-01-19

    The value of X is determined only as Bishop of Binding’s second ability resolves. It won’t change if the card leaves exile later in the turn.

Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.

In the 99

Every deck whose current list includes Bishop of Binding, whatever its commander.

Decks running it 1
Games played 0
Win rate — Fewer than 5 completed games, which is not enough to publish a rate yet.
Confirmed on board 0 Games where a board photo caught it actually in play.

Every version of Bishop of Binding

2 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them.

Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Bishop of Binding. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.

Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.