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Defibrillating Current
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Tarkir: DragonstormTDM · #177
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.06 € · ★ 0.07 € · 0.15 $ · ★ 0.20 $
- Mana value
- 6
- Colour
- White Black Red
Card text
Defibrillating Current deals 4 damage to target creature or planeswalker and you gain 2 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
- Isis
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2025-04-11
Flavour text
A small shock to save a life, a large one to take it away. —Mardu healer's adage
Rulings
If the target permanent is an illegal target as Defibrillating Current tries to resolve, it won’t resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won’t gain life.