“When Lord Rakdos stirred from his slumber, everyone else's nightmare began.”
Rakdos's Return
Card Rules and Details
Card Type: Sorcery
Mana Cost: {X}{B}{R}
Oracle Rules Text: Rakdos's Return deals X damage to target opponent or planeswalker. That player or that planeswalker's controller discards X cards.
Flavor Text: When Lord Rakdos stirred from his slumber, everyone else's nightmare began.
Set: Return to Ravnica (#188), Rarity: Mythic, Artist: Daarken
Sorcery
Black
Red
Mythic
$0.59
Regular
$3.89
✨ Foil
€0.71
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Historical Printings & Sets (1)
1 Languages
Official Rulings (1)
2012-10-01
The target opponent will discard X cards even if some or all of the damage dealt by Rakdos’s Return is prevented or redirected.
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