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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Fourth Edition4ED · #172
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.11 € · 0.14 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- Black
Card text
Tap X target creatures.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- OldschoolLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PredhLegal
- PremodernLegal
- 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
- Ron Spencer
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 1995-04-01
Flavour text
"That was the worst experience of my days: standing there helpless as they killed my whole troop." —Maeveen O'Donagh, *Memoirs of a Soldier*
