Crackling Doom
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Khans of Tarkir PromosPKTK · #171s
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- ★ 1.35 € · ★ 5.69 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- White Black Red
Card text
Crackling Doom deals 2 damage to each opponent. Each opponent sacrifices a creature with the greatest power among creatures that player controls.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- 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
- Yohann Schepacz
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2014-09-26
Flavour text
Do not fear the lightning. Fear the one it obeys.
Rulings
Crackling Doom doesn't target any player or creature. For example, a creature with protection from black could be sacrificed.
If a player controls two or more creatures tied for the greatest power among creatures they control, that player chooses one of them to sacrifice.
In a multiplayer game, each opponent, starting with the active player and proceeding in turn order, chooses which creature they will sacrifice and then all creatures are sacrificed at the same time. Each successive player will know what the players before them chose to sacrifice.
The sacrifice is not dependent on the damage being dealt. It doesn't matter if that damage is prevented or redirected.
