---
name: "Choice of Damnations"
mana_cost: "{5}{B}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Sorcery — Arcane"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "SOK"
set_name: "Saviors of Kamigawa"
collector_number: "62"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Greg Hildebrandt"
oracle_id: "506714a8-b9c2-443a-a9e8-ef9130e674ba"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/choice-of-damnations-sok"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Choice of Damnations
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{B}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Sorcery — Arcane

## Oracle 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.

> *"Life is a series of choices between bad and worse."
—Toshiro Umezawa*

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Saviors of Kamigawa (SOK) #62
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Greg Hildebrandt
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`