Riot Control
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.37 € · 0.28 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- White
Card text
You gain 1 life for each creature your opponents control. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you this turn.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- 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
- Slawomir Maniak
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2024-08-02
Flavour text
"Ravnicans need order. If they don't have it, we shall bring it to them." —Isperia
Rulings
Count the number of creatures your opponents control as Riot Control resolves to determine how much life you gain.
Riot Control doesn't prevent combat damage that would be dealt to planeswalkers you control. It also doesn't prevent damage that would be dealt to creatures you control.