Printings
Skullcrack
Card Information
Type: Instant
Mana Cost: 1
CMC: 2
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Ravnica Remastered (RVR)
Rarity: Uncommon
Collector Number: 125
Oracle Text
Players can't gain life this turn. Damage can't be prevented this turn. Skullcrack deals 3 damage to target player or planeswalker.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- January 12, 2024
Effects that would replace gaining life with another effect won't apply because it's impossible for players to gain life.
Source: wotc - January 12, 2024
Spells and abilities that would cause a player to gain life or that would prevent damage still resolve, but the life-gain and damage-prevention parts have no effect.
Source: wotc - January 12, 2024
Skullcrack targets only the player or planeswalker. If that player or planeswalker is an illegal target when Skullcrack tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen.
Source: wotc - January 12, 2024
If an effect says to set a player's life total to a certain number and that number is higher than the player's current life total, that part of the effect won't do anything. (If the number is lower than the player's current life total, the effect will work as normal.)
Source: wotc
Price History
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