Peer into the Abyss
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Secret Lair DropSLD · #2002
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 4.43 € · ★ 6.59 € · 7.04 $
- Mana value
- 7
- Colour
- Black
Card text
Target player draws cards equal to half the number of cards in their library and loses half their life. Round up each time.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- 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
- Mark Bagley & Jay David Ramos
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2019-12-02
Flavour text
His grin is ghastly, made all the more so by a thick drool of satisfaction.
Rulings
The life lost is rounded up, not the remaining life total. For example, if the target player has 7 life, they lose 4 life and end up with 3. Similarly, the number of cards drawn is rounded up, not the number of cards remaining in the library.
To draw the cards, first the player determines how many cards to draw, then draws them. This event may be modified so that a different number of cards are actually drawn.
