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Pulse of the Dross
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
DarksteelDST · #50
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.23 € · ★ 0.86 € · 0.32 $ · ★ 1.07 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- Black
Card text
Target player reveals three cards from their hand and you choose one of them. That player discards that card. Then if that player has more cards in hand than you, return Pulse of the Dross to its owner's hand.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- 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
- Paolo Parente
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2004-02-06
Flavour text
Before tyrants or torturers, there was evil.