Tormented Thoughts
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Magic OriginsORI · #122
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.12 € · ★ 0.16 € · 0.04 $ · ★ 0.15 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- Black
Card text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Target player discards a number of cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- 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
- Allen Williams
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2015-07-17
Flavour text
"Not all nightmares can be escaped by waking." —Ashiok
Rulings
Players can only respond once this spell has been cast and all its costs have been paid. No one can try to destroy the creature you sacrificed to prevent you from casting this spell.
The targeted player will discard a number of cards equal to the power of the sacrificed creature as it last existed on the battlefield.
You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast this spell; you cannot cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you cannot sacrifice additional creatures.
Players can only respond once this spell has been cast and all its costs have been paid. No one can try to destroy the creature you sacrifice to stop you from casting this spell.
You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast Tormented Thoughts. You can't cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you can't sacrifice additional creatures.
