Remorseless Punishment
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Oath of the GatewatchOGW · #89
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.14 € · ★ 0.36 € · 0.14 $ · ★ 0.36 $
- Mana value
- 5
- Colour
- Black
Card text
Target opponent loses 5 life unless that player discards two cards or sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice. Repeat this process once.
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
- Ryan Barger
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2016-01-22
Flavour text
"I have suffered a thousand lifetimes of agony on this wretched world. I've far less time to share with you, but I assure you, no less pain." —Ob Nixilis
Rulings
Any abilities that trigger while Remorseless Punishment is resolving will be put on the stack after it has completely resolved.
No player may take any actions between the two times the player goes through the process.
The player can’t choose to discard two cards unless they have at least two cards in hand. Similarly, that player can’t choose to sacrifice a creature or planeswalker unless they control one. This means that if the target opponent doesn’t have two cards in hand and doesn’t control a creature or planeswalker, that player will lose 5 life and then lose 5 life again.
The same player chooses both times. In a multiplayer game, you can’t choose a different opponent to repeat the process.
