Flames of the Blood Hand

Flames of the Blood Hand

{2}{R}Instant

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Flames of the Blood Hand deals 4 damage to target player or planeswalker. The damage can't be prevented. If that player or that planeswalker's controller would gain life this turn, that player gains no life instead.

What it does

Tagged as Removal · Lifegain — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.

Official rulings

  1. The damage is unpreventable, and the targeted player’s life gain that turn is replaced with nothing. (2005-02-01)
  2. The replacement effect applies only to the target player, not to a permanent or player the damage might be redirected to. (2005-02-01)

Printings & prices

Every set Flames of the Blood Hand 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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