Printings
Remorseless Punishment
Card Information
Type: Sorcery
Mana Cost: 3
CMC: 5
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Oath of the Gatewatch (OGW)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 89
Oracle Text
Target opponent loses 5 life unless that player discards two cards or sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice. Repeat this process once.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- April 8, 2016
The same player chooses both times. In a multiplayer game, you can’t choose a different opponent to repeat the process.
Source: wotc - January 22, 2016
No player may take any actions between the two times the player goes through the process.
Source: wotc - January 22, 2016
Any abilities that trigger while Remorseless Punishment is resolving will be put on the stack after it has completely resolved.
Source: wotc - January 22, 2016
The player can’t choose to discard two cards unless they have at least two cards in hand. Similarly, that player can’t choose to sacrifice a creature or planeswalker unless they control one. This means that if the target opponent doesn’t have two cards in hand and doesn’t control a creature or planeswalker, that player will lose 5 life and then lose 5 life again.
Source: wotc
Price History
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