Heroism
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
- Card type
- Enchantment
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.12 € · 0.13 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- White
Card text
Sacrifice a white creature: For each attacking red creature, prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by that creature this turn unless its controller pays .
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- OldschoolLegal
- PredhLegal
- 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
- Mark Poole
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 1994-11-01
Rulings
Paying the Heroism cost to allow a creature to deal damage does not prevent other effects from preventing it from dealing damage. Paying the cost only prevents the Heroism effect.
The cost to avoid the penalty must be paid when the ability resolves. You can’t wait until later to do so.