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Punish Ignorance
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Shards of AlaraALA · #183
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.16 € · ★ 0.67 € · 0.28 $ · ★ 1.45 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Colour
- White Blue Black
Card text
Counter target spell. Its controller loses 3 life and you gain 3 life.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- 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
- Shelly Wan
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2008-10-03
Flavour text
"Amateurish. Nearsighted. A waste of my time and everyone else's." —Indra, nullmage of Vectis
Rulings
You may target a spell that “can’t be countered” with Punish Ignorance. If you do, the first part of Punish Ignorance’s effect won’t do anything, but the life-loss and life-gain effects will still work.