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Inevitable Defeat
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Tarkir: Dragonstorm PromosPTDM · #194s
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- ★ 1.18 € · ★ 1.67 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Colour
- White Black Red
Card text
This spell can't be countered. Exile target nonland permanent. Its controller loses 3 life and you gain 3 life.
Format legality
- AlchemyLegal
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- FutureLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- StandardLegal
- StandardbrawlLegal
- 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
- Cristi Balanescu
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2025-04-11
Flavour text
"We came seeking a challenge. It seems we must continue searching." —Zurgo, khan of the Mardu
Rulings
If the target permanent is an illegal target as Inevitable Defeat tries to resolve, it won’t resolve and none of its effects will happen. No player will gain or lose life.
