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This Is How It Ends
Card Information
Type: Instant
Mana Cost: 3
CMC: 4
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Doctor Who (WHO)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 70
Oracle Text
Target creature's owner shuffles it into their library, then faces a villainous choice — They lose 5 life, or they shuffle another creature they own into their library.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- October 13, 2023
If a spell or ability requires multiple players to face a villainous choice, the result is a little different from other effects in Magic. In that case, the first player in turn order makes their choice and the action for that choice is performed before the next player makes their choice. Then each of the remaining players repeat this process in turn order.
Source: wotc - October 13, 2023
A player facing a villainous choice can always choose either option, even if one or both of the options are impossible. For example, if one of the options is to sacrifice a creature, a player who controls no creatures can still choose that option.
Source: wotc - October 13, 2023
When a player faces a villainous choice, they first choose one of the two options, then all actions in the chosen option are performed.
Source: wotc
Price History
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