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Knife and Death

{2}{B}{B}

Sorcery

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Foil
Border
black
Security stamp
acorn
Frame
2015
Pull rate
~1 in 50–1700
Illustrator
Caio Monteiro
Found in
Unfinity Collector Booster Pack · Unfinity Draft Booster Pack
Printings2
CommanderNot legalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyNot legal
ModernNot legal
OathbreakerNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageNot legal
Just a second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't move permanents.) One at a time, throw ten cards you own from outside the game onto the playing area from a distance of at least three feet (about one meter). For each of those cards, Knife and Death deals 1 damage to each creature or planeswalker you don't control that card is touching. You gain life equal to the damage dealt this way.
Spell One at a time, throw ten cards you own from outside the game onto the playing area from a distance of at least three feet. For each of those cards, Knife and Death deals 1 damage to each creature or planeswalker you don't control that card is touching. You gain life equal to the damage dealt this way.

Plays as: Board Wipe

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Rulings

8 · latest Oct 7, 2022 · one tap opens all
  • WotCOct 7, 2022

    Card sleeves are considered part of the card. If a thrown card (or its own card sleeve) is touching another card’s sleeve, it is considered touching that card.

  • WotCOct 7, 2022

    If a thrown card ends up touching more than one creature or planeswalker you don’t control, Knife and Death will deal 1 damage to each of them. You’ll gain 1 life for each of them. Knife and Death won’t deal damage to creatures or planeswalkers you control that get hit, and you won’t gain life for them either.

  • WotCOct 7, 2022

    If one of the cards ends up touching the object used to represent a creature or planeswalker token an opponent controls, Knife and Death will deal damage to it.

  • WotCOct 7, 2022

    Just a second is a variant of split second. Announcing Knife and Death instantly locks all permanents in place on the battlefield. As long as Knife and Death is on the stack, players can’t cast spells, activate abilities, or move their permanents.

  • WotCOct 7, 2022

    Knife and Death considers only the creatures and planeswalkers any of the ten cards are touching after you have thrown the tenth card and all cards stop moving. It’s possible that a card will land touching a creature but then will be knocked off that creature by a later throw. That is, assess damage only after all knives . . . er, cards have been thrown.

  • WotCOct 7, 2022

    No player may interfere with the throwing of the ten cards, including while they’re in flight.

  • WotCOct 7, 2022

    The ten cards must be traditionally sized Magic cards. They can be in card sleeves if you’d like, but not otherwise modified. They must be thrown onto the battlefield from at least three feet (about one meter) away horizontally.

  • WotCOct 7, 2022

    The thrown cards never actually enter the game. After Knife and Death finishes resolving, they return from whence they came, to thine sideboard or collection.