MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #45

Psychic Purge

DIGITAL ONLY

me1·#45·uncommon·foil

Illus. Susan Van Camp

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Sep '07

19 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #27,630 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.07

Nonfoil$0.07

Gameplay

Sorcery

Psychic Purge deals 1 damage to any target. When a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard this card, that player loses 5 life.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2004-10-04wotc

The loss of life can't be prevented by any means. It is not damage.

2004-10-04wotc

Discarding as a cost to cast a spell will not trigger the ability. Only discarding as an effect will trigger the ability.

Context

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ME1 — the lineup includes Foil and 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 *Masters Edition*, the set that shipped alongside the September 2007 Masters Edition release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity blue, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {U} (1 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Pauper.

EDHrec ranks this card #27,630 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Susan Van Camp. Rarix catalogs 121 other cards credited to this artist.