The Lord of Pain's last ability must target a player other than the one who cast the spell that caused the ability to trigger. That means that if it's just you and one other player in the game, you'll have to target yourself when that player casts their first spell each turn. (What did you expect? You summoned The Lord of Pain!)
If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, use the value chosen for X when determining that spell's mana value.
Spells and abilities that cause opponents to gain life still resolve while The Lord of Pain is on the battlefield. They won't gain life, but any other effects of that spell or ability will still happen.
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This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from DSC — the lineup includes Borderless 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 #3 of *Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander*, the set that shipped alongside the September 2024 Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander release.
Card type: Legendary Creature — Human Assassin, color identity black/red, printed at mythic. Mythic rares historically land in roughly one out of every eight boosters at standard print densities. Mana cost: {3}{B}{R} (5 converted). Keyword abilities: Menace.
Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.
EDHrec ranks this card #2,413 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Greg Staples. Rarix catalogs 1,289 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Greg Staples
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If an effect says to set an opponent's life total to a number that's higher than their current life total, that player's life total won't change.
