This Is How It Ends
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Doctor WhoWHO · #373
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.80 € · ★ 1.51 € · 0.66 $ · ★ 0.77 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Colour
- Black
Card text
Target creature's owner shuffles it into their library, then faces a villainous choice — They lose 5 life, or they shuffle another creature they own into their library.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- Eliz Roxs
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2023-10-13
Flavour text
"There's a gravestone here for someone with the same name as me."
Rulings
A player facing a villainous choice can always choose either option, even if one or both of the options are impossible. For example, if one of the options is to sacrifice a creature, a player who controls no creatures can still choose that option.
If a spell or ability requires multiple players to face a villainous choice, the result is a little different from other effects in Magic. In that case, the first player in turn order makes their choice and the action for that choice is performed before the next player makes their choice. Then each of the remaining players repeat this process in turn order.
When a player faces a villainous choice, they first choose one of the two options, then all actions in the chosen option are performed.