Death's Caress
Card Information
Type: Sorcery
Mana Cost: 3
CMC: 5
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Dark Ascension (DKA)
Rarity: Common
Collector Number: 59
Oracle Text
Destroy target creature. If that creature was a Human, you gain life equal to its toughness.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- July 1, 2013
If Death’s Caress resolves but the target creature isn’t destroyed, perhaps because it has indestructible or it regenerated, you still check if it’s a Human. If so, you’ll gain life equal to its toughness.
Source: wotc - January 22, 2011
Check the creature as it last existed on the battlefield to determine if it was a Human. If it was, use its toughness as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how much life is gained.
Source: wotc - January 22, 2011
If the target creature isn’t on the battlefield or is otherwise an illegal target when Death’s Caress tries to resolve, Death’s Caress doesn’t resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won’t gain any life.
Source: wotc
Price History
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