“"Life is a series of choices between bad and worse." —Toshiro Umezawa”
Choice of Damnations
Card Rules and Details
Card Type: Sorcery — Arcane
Mana Cost: {5}{B}
Oracle Rules Text: Target opponent chooses a number. You may have that player lose that much life. If you don't, that player sacrifices all but that many permanents of their choice.
Flavor Text: "Life is a series of choices between bad and worse." —Toshiro Umezawa
Set: Saviors of Kamigawa (#62), Rarity: Rare, Artist: Greg Hildebrandt
Sorcery
Black
Rare
$20.46
Regular
$40.00
✨ Foil
€9.31
Euro
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Historical Printings & Sets (8)
8 Languages
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