Desolation
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
VisionsVIS · #58
- Card type
- Enchantment
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 1.19 € · 1.68 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- Black
Card text
At the beginning of each end step, each player who tapped a land for mana this turn sacrifices a land of their choice. This enchantment deals 2 damage to each player who sacrificed a Plains this way.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PredhLegal
- PremodernLegal
- 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
- George Pratt
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 1997-02-03
Flavour text
"Kill a creature, destroy the present. Kill the land, destroy the future." —Kaervek
Rulings
Each Desolation only causes up to one land per turn to be sacrificed. If you have more than one, each will do this.
It works even if it was not on the battlefield when the land was tapped for mana.