“Some spirits cling to one person, feasting on the growing fear until a final moment of all-consuming terror.”
Certain Death
Card Rules and Details
Card Type: Sorcery
Mana Cost: {5}{B}
Oracle Rules Text: Destroy target creature. Its controller loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Flavor Text: Some spirits cling to one person, feasting on the growing fear until a final moment of all-consuming terror.
Set: Welcome Deck 2017 (#16), Rarity: Common, Artist: Kev Walker
Sorcery
Black
Common
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Historical Printings & Sets (1)
1 Languages
Official Rulings (2)
2016-07-13
The targeted creature will have already left the battlefield before its controller loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. If it has any abilities that care about gaining or losing life, they won’t apply.
2016-07-13
If the creature becomes an illegal target for Certain Death, no player gains or loses life. If it’s a legal target but isn’t destroyed, most likely due to having indestructible, its controller still loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
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