Moment of Craving
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Rivals of IxalanRIX · #79
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.06 € · ★ 0.33 € · 0.11 $ · ★ 0.26 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- Black
Card text
Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn. You gain 2 life.
Format legality
- AlchemyLegal
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- FutureLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- StandardLegal
- StandardbrawlLegal
- 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
- Steven Belledin
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2018-01-19
Flavour text
"The time of condemnation is at hand. Dusk washes over the world, and I consign you to eternal darkness!"
Rulings
If the target creature is an illegal target by the time Moment of Craving tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won't gain 2 life.
The target creature will still be on the battlefield when you gain life, even if its toughness has been reduced to 0 or less. Any abilities it has that interact with gaining life do so as appropriate. If any abilities trigger on you gaining life, the creature will be put into its owner's graveyard after that ability triggers but before it resolves.
