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Dementia Bat

Magic: The GatheringNew Phyrexia#55

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New PhyrexiaNPH · #55

Card type: Creature — Phyrexian Bat
Rarity: Common
Indicative price: 0.10 € · ★ 0.20 € · 0.14 $ · ★ 0.22 $
Mana value: 5
Power: 2
Toughness: 2
Colour: Black

Card text

Flying , Sacrifice this creature: Target player discards two cards.

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: Daarken
Card language: English
Release date: 2011-05-13

Flavour text

"When terror outweighs all other thoughts, they will understand that I am the true Father of Machines." —Azax-Azog, the Demon Thane

Rulings

2011-06-01

Unlike most abilities that force a player to discard cards, this ability may be activated whenever you could cast an instant, including during your opponent’s draw step after they have drawn a card.

2011-06-01

You can’t force an opponent to discard a card they cast by activating Dementia Bat’s ability in response. The spell is on the stack by then.