Martyrdom
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
AlliancesALL · #10a
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.23 € · 0.43 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- White
Card text
Until end of turn, target creature you control gains ": The next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature, planeswalker, or player this turn is dealt to this creature instead." Only you may activate this ability.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PredhLegal
- PremodernLegal
- 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
- Mark Poole
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 1996-06-10
Flavour text
"Martyrs are cheaper than mercenaries, and a far better investment." —General Varchild
Rulings
Can be used to redirect damage from that creature to itself. This has no particularly useful effect.
If the target creature is not still on the battlefield when the damage is to be redirected, the damage stays where it is.
If the target stops being a creature, you can’t redirect damage to it until/unless it becomes a creature again.