Puncturing Blow
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Hour of DevastationHOU · #106
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.05 € · ★ 0.16 € · 0.03 $ · ★ 0.02 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Colour
- Red
Card text
Puncturing Blow deals 5 damage to target creature. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- 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
- Eric Deschamps
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2017-07-14
Flavour text
"Neither the false God-Pharaoh nor his bugs will decide our fate." —Samut, former Tah-crop initiate
Rulings
Puncturing Blow’s replacement effect will exile the target creature if it would die this turn for any reason, not just due to lethal damage. It applies to the target creature even if Puncturing Blow deals no damage to it (due to a prevention effect) or Puncturing Blow deals damage to a different creature (due to a redirection effect).
