Karlov of the Ghost Council card art

Karlov of the Ghost Council

Legendary Creature — Spirit Advisor MV 2

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What it does

Whenever you gain life, put two +1/+1 counters on Karlov.

, Remove six +1/+1 counters from Karlov: Exile target creature.

Combos with Karlov of the Ghost Council

The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.

Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.

Rulings

3 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.

  • 2015-11-04

    A creature with lifelink dealing combat damage is a single life-gaining event. For example, if two creatures you control with lifelink deal combat damage at the same time, the ability will trigger twice. However, if a single creature with lifelink deals combat damage to multiple players or permanents at the same time (perhaps because it has trample or was blocked by more than one creature), the ability will trigger only once.

  • 2015-11-04

    The ability triggers just once for each life-gaining event, whether it's 1 life from an attacking creature with lifelink or 4 life from Faith's Fetters.

  • 2015-11-04

    In a Two-Headed Giant game, life gained by your teammate won't cause the ability to trigger, even though it causes your team's life total to increase.

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

As a commander

Decks built with Karlov of the Ghost Council in the command zone.

Decks led 1 1 published. Browse them →
Games played 0
Wins 0
Win rate — Fewer than 5 completed games, which is not enough to publish a rate yet.

Published decks

Decklists players have published with Karlov of the Ghost Council in the command zone, newest first. A deck that has been played carries the win rate it earned in real tracked games.

In the 99

Every deck whose current list includes Karlov of the Ghost Council, whatever its commander.

Decks running it 2
Games played 1
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.

Most played under

Commander Decks Games Win rate
Betor, Ancestor's Voice 1 1 —

Colors it shows up in

  • Abzan 1 deck

Karlov of the Ghost Council price history

The Ravnica Remastered #193 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly.

Non-foil today$13.64▼ $0.37 (2.6%)
Low $13.64 · High $14.01Tracked since Sep 28, 2026
Every recorded price change
DateNon-foilFoil
Oct 6, 2026$13.64$15.00
Oct 5, 2026$13.64$15.00
Oct 3, 2026$13.97$15.00
Sep 29, 2026$13.96$15.00
Sep 28, 2026$14.01$15.00

A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.

Every version of Karlov of the Ghost Council

6 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. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.

Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Karlov of the Ghost Council. 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.