Puncture Bolt
Instant
Cinder pyromancers measure their success by counting their enemies' smoking holes.
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2003
- Pull rate
- about 2 per booster–1 in 1044
- Illustrator
- Franz Vohwinkel
- Found in
- Shadowmoor Theme Deck Overkill · Eventide Theme Deck Battle Blitz · 5 more
Plays as: Burn
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Rulings
3 · latest May 1, 2008 · one tap opens all
- WotCMay 1, 2008
If you target a creature with 1 toughness, Puncture Bolt deals 1 damage to it, then puts a -1/-1 counter on it, which reduces it to 0 toughness. The creature will be put into its owner’s graveyard as a result of having 0 toughness. Regeneration can’t save it.
- WotCMay 1, 2008
If you target a creature with 2 toughness, Puncture Bolt deals 1 damage to it, then puts a -1/-1 counter on it, which reduces it to 1 toughness. The creature will be destroyed as a result of lethal damage. Regeneration could save it.
- WotCMay 1, 2008
Puncture Bolt will resolve fully (and give the creature a -1/-1 counter) even if the 1 damage would be enough to destroy it. (This would matter if a 3/3 creature with persist had already been dealt 2 damage, for example.)