Public Execution
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
The ListPLST · #M13-105
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.12 € · 0.14 $
- Mana value
- 6
- Colour
- Black
Card text
Destroy target creature an opponent controls. Each other creature that player controls gets -2/-0 until end of turn.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- 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
- Anthony Palumbo
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2020-09-26
Flavour text
Though the executioner did not speak, the villagers got the message.
Rulings
Only creatures controlled by the player when Public Execution resolves will get -2/-0. Creatures that enter under that player's control or that the player gains control of later in the turn are unaffected.
Public Execution targets only the creature it destroys. If that creature is an illegal target when Public Execution tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. No creature will get -2/-0.
If the target creature regenerates or has indestructible, each other creature controlled by that creature's controller will still get -2/-0.
