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Circle of Despair
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
MirageMIR · #259
- Card type
- Enchantment
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 1.80 € · 2.58 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- White Black
Card text
, Sacrifice a creature: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to any target this turn, prevent that damage.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- 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
- Scott M. Fischer
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 1996-10-08
Flavour text
"Life is a resource that should belong only to the strong." —Shauku, Endbringer