Printings
Torment of Venom
Card Information
Type: Instant
Mana Cost: 2
CMC: 4
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Hour of Devastation (HOU)
Rarity: Common
Collector Number: 79
Oracle Text
Put three -1/-1 counters on target creature. Its controller loses 3 life unless they sacrifice another nonland permanent of their choice or discard a card.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- July 14, 2017
While resolving Torment of Venom, the creature’s controller chooses a card to be discarded without revealing it, chooses a nonland permanent to be sacrificed, or chooses to do neither. Then that player discards that card, sacrifices that permanent, or loses 3 life. That player can always choose to lose 3 life, even if they have cards to discard or nonland permanents to sacrifice.
Source: wotc - July 14, 2017
Because state-based actions aren’t performed while Torment of Venom is resolving, the target creature is still on the battlefield while its controller is tormented. If that creature has an Aura attached to it, that Aura can be sacrificed.
Source: wotc - July 14, 2017
If the target creature is an illegal target by the time Torment of Venom resolves, the entire spell doesn’t resolve. The creature’s controller won’t be tormented.
Source: wotc
Price History
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