Roil's Retribution
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Battle for ZendikarBFZ · #45
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.03 € · ★ 0.22 € · 0.04 $ · ★ 0.19 $
- Mana value
- 5
- Colour
- White
Card text
Roil's Retribution deals 5 damage divided as you choose among any number of target attacking or blocking creatures.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PioneerLegal
- 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
- Raymond Swanland
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2015-10-02
Flavour text
"We can use their hunger to lead them into danger. If we're already prey, we may as well be bait!" —Yon Basrel, Oran-Rief survivalist
Rulings
If some, but not all, of the targets become illegal by the time Roil’s Retribution tries to resolve, the original division of damage still applies, but no damage is dealt to illegal targets. If all the targets are illegal, the spell won’t resolve.
You choose how many targets Roil’s Retribution has and how the damage is divided as you cast the spell. Each target must receive at least 1 damage.