Nightmare's Thirst
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Core Set 2019M19 · #111
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.09 € · ★ 0.47 € · 0.17 $ · ★ 0.47 $
- Mana value
- 1
- Colour
- Black
Card text
You gain 1 life. Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- 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
- Igor Kieryluk
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2018-07-13
Flavour text
That feeling of something on your chest is usually sleep paralysis. Occasionally, it's something else.
Rulings
If the target creature is an illegal target when Nightmare’s Thirst tries to resolve, the spell doesn’t resolve. You won’t gain 1 life.
Nightmare’s Thirst counts how much life you’ve gained this turn, not how much your life total changed. For example, if you’ve gained 5 life and lost 8 before Nightmare’s Thirst resolves, Nightmare’s Thirst has you gain 1 more life, then it gives the target creature -6/-6.