Printings
Martyrdom
Card Information
Type: Instant
Mana Cost: 1
CMC: 3
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Alliances (ALL)
Rarity: Common
Collector Number: 10b
Oracle Text
Until end of turn, target creature you control gains "{0}: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature, planeswalker, or player this turn is dealt to this creature instead." Only you may activate this ability.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- October 4, 2004
Can be used to redirect damage from that creature to itself. This has no particularly useful effect.
Source: wotc - October 4, 2004
If the target creature is not still on the battlefield when the damage is to be redirected, the damage stays where it is.
Source: wotc - October 4, 2004
If the target stops being a creature, you can’t redirect damage to it until/unless it becomes a creature again.
Source: wotc
Price History
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