Master of Cruelties

Printings

  • Ravnica Remastered (RVR)#198
  • Ravnica Remastered (RVR)#373
  • Double Masters 2022 (2X2)#251
  • RNA Guild Kit (GK2)#66
  • Dragon's Maze (DGM)#82
  • The List (PLST)#DGM-82
  • Ravnica Remastered (RVR)#373z
  • Secret Lair Drop (SLD)#1565
  • Double Masters 2022 (2X2)#522

Master of Cruelties

Card Information

Type: Creature — Demon

Mana Cost: 3Black manaRed mana

CMC: 5

Part of the Reserved List: No

Color Identity: Mana symbol for BMana symbol for R

Set: Ravnica Remastered (RVR)

Rarity: Mythic

Collector Number: 198

Oracle Text

First strike, deathtouch This creature can only attack alone. Whenever this creature attacks a player and isn't blocked, that player's life total becomes 1. This creature assigns no combat damage this combat.

Keywords

First strikeDeathtouch

Format Legalities

duel(Legal)
brawl(Not Legal)
penny(Legal)
predh(Not Legal)
future(Not Legal)
legacy(Legal)
modern(Legal)
pauper(Not Legal)
alchemy(Not Legal)
pioneer(Legal)
vintage(Legal)
historic(Not Legal)
standard(Not Legal)
timeless(Not Legal)
commander(Legal)
gladiator(Not Legal)
oldschool(Not Legal)
premodern(Not Legal)
oathbreaker(Legal)
standardbrawl(Not Legal)
paupercommander(Not Legal)

Card Rulings

  1. January 12, 2024

    Master of Cruelties's last ability won't trigger if it attacks a planeswalker or a battle.

    Source: wotc
  2. April 15, 2013

    If Master of Cruelties attacks alone, another creature entering the battlefield attacking will have no effect on it. Master of Cruelties continues to be an attacking creature. The other attacking creature will assign combat damage normally, regardless of whether Master of Cruelties's last ability triggers.

    Source: wotc
  3. April 15, 2013

    For a player's life total to become 1, what actually happens is that the player loses (or in some rare cases, gains) the appropriate amount of life. For example, if the player's life total is 4 when the last ability resolves, it will cause that player to lose 3 life. Other effects that interact with life loss (or gain) will interact with this effect accordingly.

    Source: wotc
  4. April 15, 2013

    Assigning no combat damage isn't the same as preventing that damage. Effects that make damage unpreventable will have no effect if no combat damage can be assigned.

    Source: wotc
  5. April 15, 2013

    Master of Cruelties isn't forced to attack, but if it does, it must do so alone. If you control another creature with an ability that says it must attack if able, that creature must attack and Master of Cruelties won't be able to.

    Source: wotc
  6. April 15, 2013

    An ability that triggers when something "attacks and isn't blocked" triggers in the declare blockers step after blockers are declared if (1) that creature is attacking and (2) no creatures are declared to block it. It will trigger even if that creature was put onto the battlefield attacking rather than having been declared as an attacker in the declare attackers step.

    Source: wotc

Price History

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