Certain Death
{5}{B}Sorcery
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Destroy target creature. Its controller loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
What it does
Tagged as Removal · Lifegain — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.
Official rulings
- The targeted creature will have already left the battlefield before its controller loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. If it has any abilities that care about gaining or losing life, they won’t apply. (2016-07-13)
- If the creature becomes an illegal target for Certain Death, no player gains or loses life. If it’s a legal target but isn’t destroyed, most likely due to having indestructible, its controller still loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. (2016-07-13)
Printings & prices
Every set Certain Death has been printed in, with the art, the finishes and the market price of each — the headline price above is the cheapest of these.
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