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◇ Catalog #45

Bad Deal

DIGITAL ONLY

anb·#45·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Zoltan Boros

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wishlisted

Aug '20

6 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #12,375 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Sorcery

You draw two cards and each opponent discards two cards. Each player loses 2 life.

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 5

2020-06-23wotc

In a Two-Headed Giant game, Bad Deal causes each team to lose 4 life. Your teammate doesn't draw or discard any cards.

2020-06-23wotc

As Bad Deal resolves, first you draw two cards. Then the next opponent in turn order (or, if it's an opponent's turn, the opponent whose turn it is) chooses two cards in hand without revealing them, then each other opponent in turn order does the same. All the chosen cards are discarded at the same time. Then each player loses 2 life.

2020-06-23wotc

Each player loses 2 life, including you, regardless of how many cards they draw or discard.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from ANB — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #45 of *Arena Beginner Set*, the set that shipped alongside the August 2020 Arena Beginner Set release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity black, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {4}{B}{B} (6 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #12,375 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Zoltan Boros. Rarix catalogs 928 other cards credited to this artist.