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Pestilent Spirit

Pestilent Spirit

{2}{B}Creature — Spirit3/2

Menace, deathtouch

Instant and sorcery spells you control have deathtouch. (Any amount of damage they deal to a creature is enough to destroy it.)

Keyword reminders

Menace. This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures. · CR 702.111
Deathtouch. Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it. · CR 702.2

Official rulings

  1. An instant or sorcery spell must actually deal damage to a creature for it to be destroyed. Simply targeting a creature isn’t enough. If the spell instructs another object to deal damage, the spell doesn’t deal any damage itself and its instance of deathtouch doesn’t apply. Dealing 0 damage isn’t dealing damage. (2019-01-25)

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