<p>No</p>

<p>The steps to casting a spell or activating an ability are:</p>

<ol>
<li>601.2a) Place card or ability on stack.</li>
<li>601.2b-d) Make choices, including targets.</li>
<li>601.2e) Determine total cost.</li>
<li>601.2f) Activate mana abilities.</li>
<li>601.2g) Pay the previously determined cost.</li>
</ol>

<p>The sacrificed creature is only moved to the graveyard in step 5, but you need to pick a card in the graveyard in step 2.</p>

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2013-11-25T20:49:57.313Z
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ikegami
<p>No. </p>

<p>You have to choose a creature to 'target' at the time you activate the ability (Rule 601.2c). At this point in the activating process, you have not payed the cost to active the ability(rule 601.2g), so the creature you would sacrifice is not in the graveyard and is not a valid target.</p>

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Colin D
<p>Yes. THis is possible. You can also use cards in your hand</p>

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2015-08-14T16:35:57.207Z
Add more thorough documentation, correct grammar, punctuation, etc.
Joey
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Troll
<p>Can you revive the creature you sacrificed with <a href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=84590" rel="nofollow">Hell's Caretaker</a>?</p>

<p>Doing so to re-trigger "enters the battlefield" effects. </p>

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2015-08-14T17:06:09.887Z
If you have more than 1 other creature, you can swap them in and out of the GY, though. You can even go infinite using 2x Deceiver Exarch.
Hao Ye
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Can you revive the creature you sacrificed with Hell's Caretaker?
user1305
# Can you revive the creature you sacrificed with Hell's Caretaker?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-11-25)

Can you revive the creature you sacrificed with [Hell's Caretaker](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=84590)?

Doing so to re-trigger "enters the battlefield" effects.

**Tags:** magic-the-gathering

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: If you have more than 1 other creature, you can swap them in and out of the GY, though. You can even go infinite using 2x Deceiver Exarch.  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2013-11-25. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

No

The steps to casting a spell or activating an ability are:

1. 601.2a) Place card or ability on stack.
2. 601.2b-d) Make choices, including targets.
3. 601.2e) Determine total cost.
4. 601.2f) Activate mana abilities.
5. 601.2g) Pay the previously determined cost.

The sacrificed creature is only moved to the graveyard in step 5, but you need to pick a card in the graveyard in step 2.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2013-11-25. Score: 1

No.

You have to choose a creature to 'target' at the time you activate the ability (Rule 601.2c). At this point in the activating process, you have not payed the cost to active the ability(rule 601.2g), so the creature you would sacrifice is not in the graveyard and is not a valid target.


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### Answer by username_4 on 2015-08-14. Score: -5

Yes. THis is possible. You can also use cards in your hand

> **Comments:**
> **username_5**: Add more thorough documentation, correct grammar, punctuation, etc.  

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