Stroke of Midnight
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Wilds of EldraineWOE · #33
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.39 € · ★ 0.82 € · 0.37 $ · ★ 0.47 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- White
Card text
Destroy target nonland permanent. Its controller creates a 1/1 white Human creature token.
Format legality
- AlchemyLegal
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- FutureLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- 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
- Julia Metzger
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2023-09-08
Flavour text
The assembled partygoers fell silent and stared. As the helmet came to a clattering stop, the only sound was Ash's distant footsteps.
Rulings
If the target permanent is an illegal target by the time Stroke of Midnight tries to resolve, the spell doesn't resolve. No player creates a Human token. If the target is legal but not destroyed (most likely because it has indestructible), its controller does create a Human token.
