---
name: "The Countdown Is at One"
mana_cost: "{3}{R}{R}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Double"]
set: "UST"
set_name: "Unstable"
collector_number: "80"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jesper Ejsing"
oracle_id: "ca7ecf93-6cab-43b4-85ab-25a2c50505a2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/the-countdown-is-at-one-ust"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# The Countdown Is at One
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{R}{R}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Double

## Oracle 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.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Shahrazad](/printing/shahrazad-arn.md) — Sorcery
2. [Shahrazad and Sindbad](/printing/shahrazad-and-sindbad-unk.md) — Creature — Human
3. [Double Deal](/printing/double-deal-ugl.md) — Sorcery
4. [Enter the Dungeon](/printing/enter-the-dungeon-unh.md) — Sorcery
5. [Tug of War](/printing/tug-of-war-unf.md) — Sorcery
6. [All Will Be One](/printing/all-will-be-one-one.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Unstable (UST) #80
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jesper Ejsing
- **Total Printings:** 2 across all historical editions

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