wotc
After the opponent chooses a number, Choice of Damnations’ controller may choose to make that opponent either lose that much life or make that opponent sacrifice permanents.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #62
Choice of Damnations
sok·#62·rare·foil
Illus. Greg Hildebrandt
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in vault
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for trade
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wishlisted
Jun '05
21 yr ago
Value
$40.00+$0 (+0.0%)
30 days high $40 · low $40
Volatility · stable
EUR€18.91USD$40.00TIX0.02 tix
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #12,284 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
Sorcery — Arcane
Target opponent chooses a number. You may have that player lose that much life. If you don't, that player sacrifices all but that many permanents of their choice.
"Life is a series of choices between bad and worse."
—Toshiro Umezawa
Legalities
tlrnot legal
duellegal
brawlnot legal
pennylegal
PreDH
Rulings · 2
wotc
If the opponent must sacrifice all but a number of permanents, that opponent chooses that many permanents and then sacrifices the rest. If the number chosen is greater than the number of permanents the opponent controls, the player sacrifices nothing.
Context
Last observed at $40.00, stable around $40.00 thirty days ago. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $40.00 across 41 observations. Headline volatility reads stable. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
Last observed on Scryfall 18 hours ago at $40.00.
This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from SOK — 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.
This card belongs to *Saviors of Kamigawa* (released June 2005).
Card #62 in Saviors of Kamigawa.
Rarity tier: rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters.
Card type: Sorcery — Arcane. Color identity: black. Mana cost: {5}{B} (6 converted).
Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.
EDHrec ranks this card #12,284 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Greg Hildebrandt. Rarix tracks 380 other cards credited to this artist across the catalog — browse the full gallery to see the body of work.
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Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Greg Hildebrandt
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