Skullcrack
{1}{R}Instant
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Players can't gain life this turn. Damage can't be prevented this turn. Skullcrack deals 3 damage to target player or planeswalker.
What it does
Tagged as Removal · Lifegain · Stax — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.
Official rulings
- Effects that would replace gaining life with another effect won't apply because it's impossible for players to gain life. (2024-01-12)
- Spells and abilities that would cause a player to gain life or that would prevent damage still resolve, but the life-gain and damage-prevention parts have no effect. (2024-01-12)
- Skullcrack targets only the player or planeswalker. If that player or planeswalker is an illegal target when Skullcrack tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. (2024-01-12)
- If an effect says to set a player's life total to a certain number and that number is higher than the player's current life total, that part of the effect won't do anything. (If the number is lower than the player's current life total, the effect will work as normal.) (2024-01-12)
Printings & prices
Every set Skullcrack 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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