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Mortality Spear

Magic: The GatheringMagic Online Promos#90170

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Magic Online PromosPRM · #90170

Card type: Instant
Rarity: Uncommon
Indicative price: Price unavailable
Mana value: 4
Colour: Black Green

Card text

This spell costs less to cast if you gained life this turn. Destroy target nonland permanent.

Format legality

BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
DuelLegal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
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: PINDURSKI
Card language: English
Release date: 2002-06-24

Flavour text

"Death is my life's work."

Rulings

2021-04-16

To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions (such as that of Mortality Spear). Mortality Spear's mana value is always 4, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.