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Foolish Fate
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Secrets of StrixhavenSOS · #83
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.12 € · ★ 0.10 € · 0.18 $ · ★ 0.21 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- Black
Card text
Destroy target creature. Infusion — If you gained life this turn, that creature's controller loses 3 life.
Format legality
- AlchemyLegal
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- FutureLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PioneerLegal
- StandardLegal
- StandardbrawlLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Danny Schwartz
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2026-04-24
Flavour text
"There are some lessons so simple that I thought they needn't be taught. I suppose I was wrong." —Moseo, dean of the vein
Rulings
If the target creature is an illegal target as Foolish Fate tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. No player will lose life.