Nightmare's Thirst
Instant
M19Core Set 2019#111uncommon
Foil
That feeling of something on your chest is usually sleep paralysis. Occasionally, it's something else.
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2015
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 1422
- Illustrator
- Igor Kieryluk
- Found in
- Core Set 2019 MTGO Redemption Foil · Core Set 2019 MTGO Redemption · Core Set 2019 Booster Pack
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
You gain 1 life. Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.
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Rulings
2 · latest Jul 13, 2018 · one tap opens all
- WotCJul 13, 2018
If the target creature is an illegal target when Nightmare’s Thirst tries to resolve, the spell doesn’t resolve. You won’t gain 1 life.
- WotCJul 13, 2018
Nightmare’s Thirst counts how much life you’ve gained this turn, not how much your life total changed. For example, if you’ve gained 5 life and lost 8 before Nightmare’s Thirst resolves, Nightmare’s Thirst has you gain 1 more life, then it gives the target creature -6/-6.