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Dire Tactics

{W}{B}

Instant

Exile target creature. If you don't control a Human, you lose life equal to that creature's toughness.
Plays as:
Life OutletExile RemovalSpot Removal
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal

EDHREC #6,346Played in Under 1% of cEDH decks with white and black

Printings
1
Price
$0.31

Versions

1 printing · from $0.31

In products

Rulings

2 · latest Apr 17, 2020
  • WotCApr 17, 2020

    Use the exiled creature’s toughness as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how much life you lose.

  • WotCApr 17, 2020

    Whether you control a Human is checked only after exiling the target creature. If that creature had exiled a Human you controlled until that creature left the battlefield, that Human will return to the battlefield in time to be counted.