Card library
Forbidden Ritual
Click the card to switch sides
—Views
—Likes
—Times played
Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
VisionsVIS · #60
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 1.62 € · 1.09 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Colour
- Black
Card text
Sacrifice a nontoken permanent. If you do, target opponent loses 2 life unless that player sacrifices a permanent of their choice or discards a card. You may repeat this process any number of times.
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
- Christopher Rush
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 1997-02-03
Rulings
If you choose to repeat the process, you repeat the effect but do not get to pick a different target opponent.
You choose the target opponent on casting.
You sacrifice during resolution, not during casting.