wotc
The targeted creature will have already left the battlefield before its controller loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. If it has any abilities that care about gaining or losing life, they won’t apply.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #EMN-84
Certain Death
plst·#EMN-84·common·nonfoil
Illus. Kev Walker
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wishlisted
Nov '19
6 yr ago
Value
$0.10+$0 (+4.2%)
30 days high $0.10 · low $0.09
NM$0.10
LP—
MP—
HP—
DMG—
$0.09–$0.11modeled
30 days agotoday
90-dayhigh $0.10low $0.06range 66.7%n 51
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #23,857 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
Sorcery
Destroy target creature. Its controller loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Some spirits cling to one person, feasting on the growing fear until a final moment of all-consuming terror.
Legalities
tlrnot legal
duellegal
brawllegal
pennynot legal
PreDHnot legal
Rulings · 2
wotc
If the creature becomes an illegal target for Certain Death, no player gains or loses life. If it’s a legal target but isn’t destroyed, most likely due to having indestructible, its controller still loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Context
Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.10. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.06 and $0.10 across 51 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PLST — 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 #EMN-84 of *The List*, the set that shipped alongside the November 2019 The List release.
Card type: Sorcery, color identity black, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {5}{B} (6 converted).
Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.
EDHrec ranks this card #23,857 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Kev Walker. Rarix catalogs 1,917 other cards credited to this artist.
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Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Kev Walker
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