The Countdown Is at One - Unstable (#80) - Illustrated by Jesper Ejsing - Magic: The Gathering Card
Unstable • Rare • #80 • Jesper Ejsing
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The Countdown Is at One

Card Rules and Details

Card Type: Sorcery

Mana Cost: {3}{R}{R}

Oracle Rules Text: Players play a Magic subgame, starting at 1 life and using their libraries as their decks. For the rest of the main game, if a source would deal damage to a player who didn't win the subgame, it deals double that damage to that player instead.

Set: Unstable (#80), Rarity: Rare, Artist: Jesper Ejsing

Sorcery Red Rare
$0.25
Regular
$0.57
✨ Foil
€0.12
Euro
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Historical Printings & Sets (2)
1 Languages
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2 Printings
Thumbnail Set Name Code Rarity Artist Released
The Countdown Is at One - Unstable MTG card scan The Countdown Is at One Unstable Viewing UST Rare Jesper Ejsing 2017-12-08
The Countdown Is at One - The List (Unfinity Foil Edition) MTG card scan The Countdown Is at One The List (Unfinity Foil Edition) ULST Rare Jesper Ejsing 2022-10-07

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