Torment of Scarabs
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Hour of DevastationHOU · #78
- Card type
- Enchantment — Aura Curse
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.25 € · ★ 1.71 € · 0.36 $ · ★ 1.62 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Colour
- Black
Card text
Enchant player At the beginning of enchanted player's upkeep, that player loses 3 life unless they sacrifice a nonland permanent of their choice or discard a card.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- 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).
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- Bastien L. Deharme
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2017-07-14
Flavour text
Like a carpet unrolling for their god, the scarabs poured out from the necropolis.
Rulings
While resolving the triggered ability of Torment of Scarabs, the enchanted player chooses a card to be discarded without revealing it, chooses a nonland permanent to be sacrificed, or chooses to do neither. Then that player discards that card, sacrifices that permanent, or loses 3 life. That player can always choose to lose 3 life, even if they have cards to discard or nonland permanents to sacrifice.
