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| NM | LP | MP | HP | DMG | Total | |
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LangENPaid— avg
Certain Death
w17Welcome Deck 2017#16common
Treatments
Starter Deck
Market price · TCGplayer
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All finishes · 30d
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All Printings
4 printings across 4 sets
Printings
4 total

The List#EMN-84
2019 · Kev Walker
$0.16

Welcome Deck 2017#16
2017 · Kev Walker
$0.08

Eldritch Moon#84
2016 · Kev Walker
$0.06$0.30

Jumpstart 2022#386
2022 · Kev Walker
$0.05
Card details
- Artist
- Kev Walker
- Frame
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- Border
- black
- Security stamp
- —
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyNot legal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Oracle text
Sorcery
Destroy target creature. Its controller loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Abilities
SpellDestroy target creature. Its controller loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Plays as
DrainSpot Removal
Flavor & art
“Some spirits cling to one person, feasting on the growing fear until a final moment of all-consuming terror.”
Illustrated by
Kev Walker
Rulings
- WotCJul 13, 2016
If the creature becomes an illegal target for Certain Death, no player gains or loses life. If it’s a legal target but isn’t destroyed, most likely due to having indestructible, its controller still loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
- WotCJul 13, 2016
The targeted creature will have already left the battlefield before its controller loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. If it has any abilities that care about gaining or losing life, they won’t apply.