Brink of Disaster
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Magic 2012M12 · #84
- Card type
- Enchantment — Aura
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.14 € · ★ 0.27 € · 0.09 $ · ★ 0.23 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Colour
- Black
Card text
Enchant creature or land When enchanted permanent becomes tapped, destroy it.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PennyLegal
- 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
- Alex Horley-Orlandelli
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2011-07-15
Flavour text
"When you find yourself teetering on the edge of oblivion, mine will be the hands taking pleasure in giving you the final push." —Liliana Vess
Rulings
Brink of Disaster may target and may enchant a permanent that’s already tapped. It won’t do anything until the enchanted permanent changes from being untapped to being tapped.
If the enchanted permanent is tapped as a cost to activate a mana ability, the mana ability resolves immediately, then Brink of Disaster’s ability goes on the stack.
If the enchanted permanent is tapped as a cost to activate an ability that’s not a mana ability, Brink of Disaster’s ability will go on the stack on top of that activated ability. Brink of Disaster’s ability resolves first (destroying that permanent), then the permanent’s activated ability resolves.
When the enchanted permanent becomes tapped, Brink of Disaster’s ability triggers. That permanent will be destroyed when the ability resolves, even if Brink of Disaster has left the battlefield or is somehow enchanting a different permanent by then.
