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Pistus Strike
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Mirrodin BesiegedMBS · #86
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.19 € · ★ 0.70 € · 0.17 $ · ★ 0.52 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- Green
Card text
Destroy target creature with flying. Its controller gets a poison counter.
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).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Jaime Jones
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2011-02-04
Flavour text
"Even a nuisance such as the pistus fly has a purpose in our new world." —Glissa
Rulings
If the creature is an illegal target when Pistus Strike tries to resolve, the spell doesn’t resolve. No player gets a poison counter.
If the creature with flying regenerates or has indestructible, its controller will still get a poison counter.