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Cruel Sadist
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Jumpstart 2022J22 · #391
- Card type
- Creature — Human Assassin
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.19 € · 0.28 $
- Mana value
- 1
- Power
- 1
- Toughness
- 1
- Colour
- Black
Card text
, , Pay 1 life: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. , , Remove X +1/+1 counters from this creature: It deals X damage to target creature.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- 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
- Min Yum
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2022-12-02
Flavour text
Face of innocence. Hand of death.
Rulings
You can remove any +1/+1 counters from Cruel Sadist to activate its second ability, not just those put on Cruel Sadist by its first ability.
