Certain Death
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Jumpstart 2022J22 · #386
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.06 € · 0.11 $
- Mana value
- 6
- Colour
- Black
Card text
Destroy target creature. Its controller loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- 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
- Kev Walker
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2022-12-02
Flavour text
Some spirits cling to one person, feasting on the growing fear until a final moment of all-consuming terror.
Rulings
If the creature becomes an illegal target for Certain Death, no player gains or loses life. If it’s a legal target but isn’t destroyed, most likely due to having indestructible, its controller still loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
The targeted creature will have already left the battlefield before its controller loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. If it has any abilities that care about gaining or losing life, they won’t apply.
