The Abyss

Magic: The GatheringMagic Online Promos#46938
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Card type
World Enchantment
Rarity
Rare
Indicative price
Price unavailable
Mana value
4
Colour
Black

Card text

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, destroy target nonartifact creature that player controls of their choice. It can't be regenerated.

"An immense river of oblivion is sweeping us away into a nameless abyss." —Ernest Renan, *Souvenirs d'Enfance et de Jeunesse*

Format legality

  • CommanderLegal
  • DuelLegal
  • LegacyLegal
  • OathbreakerLegal
  • PredhLegal
  • VintageLegal

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Printing information

Illustrator
Jason A. Engle
Card language
English
Release date
2002-06-24

Rulings

The controller of The Abyss controls the ability, but the current player chooses what gets destroyed.

This has the supertype world. When a world permanent enters, any world permanents that were already on the battlefield are put into their owners' graveyards. This is a state-based action called the "world rule." The new world permanent stays on the battlefield. If two world permanents enter at the same time, they're both put into their owners' graveyards.

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