Tendrils of Despair
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
WeatherlightWTH · #83
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.23 € · 0.16 $
- Mana value
- 1
- Colour
- Black
Card text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Target opponent discards two cards.
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
- John Coulthart
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 1997-06-09
Flavour text
"Because I am incapable of tears does not mean I have no need to shed them." —Karn, silver golem
Rulings
If the player has fewer than 2 cards, they discard whatever they have.
Players can only respond once this spell has been cast and all its costs have been paid. No one can try to destroy the creature you sacrificed to prevent you from casting this spell.
You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast this spell; you cannot cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you cannot sacrifice additional creatures.