Palace Jailer
Creature — Human Soldier
When this creature enters, you become the monarch.
When this creature enters, exile target creature an opponent controls until an opponent becomes the monarch.
"Is it not a law in the City that those who wear the black and silver must stay in the Citadel?"
—Gandalf
2/2
Illustrated by Brian Valeza · Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC)
Legalities
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Duel Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
Printings
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Marvel Super Heroes Commander
#140
uncommon
2026-06-26
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Final Fantasy Commander
#247
uncommon
2025-06-13
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Commander Masters
#47
uncommon
2023-08-04
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Tales of Middle-earth Commander
#174
uncommon
2023-06-23
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Time Spiral Remastered
#298
special
2021-03-19
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The List
#CN2-18
uncommon
2019-11-07
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Treasure Chest
#4
uncommon
2016-11-16
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Conspiracy: Take the Crown
#18
uncommon
2016-08-26
Rulings
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If you're not the monarch as Palace Jailer's second ability resolves, the creature will be exiled until there's a new monarch and that player is one of your opponents. The creature won't immediately return just because an opponent is the monarch.
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In a multiplayer game, if the monarch leaves the game, the player whose turn it is immediately becomes the monarch. If the player whose turn it is has left the game, instead the next player in turn order becomes the monarch.
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The game starts with no monarch. Once an effect makes one player the monarch, the game will have exactly one monarch from that point forward.
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Being the monarch carries two inherent triggered abilities. "At the beginning of the monarch's end step, that player draws a card" and "Whenever a creature deals combat damage to the monarch, its controller becomes the monarch."
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Palace Jailer leaving the battlefield won't cause the exiled creature to return. The game will continue to watch for the next time an opponent becomes the monarch.
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If a creature token is exiled, it ceases to exist. It won't return to the battlefield.
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Auras attached to the exiled creature will be put into their owners' graveyards. Equipment attached to the exiled creature will become unattached and remain on the battlefield. Counters on the exiled creature will cease to exist.
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The opponent that controlled the exiled card doesn't have to be the same opponent that becomes the monarch in order to cause that card to return to the battlefield. Any opponent becoming the monarch will cause the card to return.
Archetypes that play this card
Duel Commander
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- The Wandering Minstrel 100.0% of lists
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