Puncture Bolt
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
ShadowmoorSHM · #102
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.13 € · ★ 0.29 € · 0.23 $ · ★ 0.69 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- Red
Card text
Puncture Bolt deals 1 damage to target creature. Put a -1/-1 counter on that creature.
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).
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- Franz Vohwinkel
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2008-05-02
Flavour text
Cinder pyromancers measure their success by counting their enemies' smoking holes.
Rulings
If you target a creature with 1 toughness, Puncture Bolt deals 1 damage to it, then puts a -1/-1 counter on it, which reduces it to 0 toughness. The creature will be put into its owner’s graveyard as a result of having 0 toughness. Regeneration can’t save it.
If you target a creature with 2 toughness, Puncture Bolt deals 1 damage to it, then puts a -1/-1 counter on it, which reduces it to 1 toughness. The creature will be destroyed as a result of lethal damage. Regeneration could save it.
Puncture Bolt will resolve fully (and give the creature a -1/-1 counter) even if the 1 damage would be enough to destroy it. (This would matter if a 3/3 creature with persist had already been dealt 2 damage, for example.)