Death's Caress
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Dark AscensionDKA · #59
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.07 € · ★ 0.29 € · 0.07 $ · ★ 0.49 $
- Mana value
- 5
- Colour
- Black
Card text
Destroy target creature. If that creature was a Human, you gain life equal to its toughness.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PennyLegal
- 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
- James Ryman
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2012-02-03
Flavour text
The faint smell of cloves, the rustling of the wind, and a paralyzing descent into an airless, fathomless tomb.
Rulings
Check the creature as it last existed on the battlefield to determine if it was a Human. If it was, use its toughness as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how much life is gained.
If the target creature isn’t on the battlefield or is otherwise an illegal target when Death’s Caress tries to resolve, Death’s Caress doesn’t resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won’t gain any life.
If Death’s Caress resolves but the target creature isn’t destroyed, perhaps because it has indestructible or it regenerated, you still check if it’s a Human. If so, you’ll gain life equal to its toughness.