Choice of Damnations (Saviors of Kamigawa) - Gatherer

Choice of Damnations

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Community Rating: 4.027 / 5 (112 votes)

Oracle Printed

Card Name:

Choice of Damnations

Mana Cost:

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Types:

Sorcery — Arcane

Card Text:

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.

Flavor Text:

"Life is a series of choices between bad and worse."

—Toshiro Umezawa

Expansion:

Saviors of Kamigawa

Rarity:

Rare

Card Number:

Artist:

Tim Hildebrandt

Rulings

6/1/2005	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.
6/1/2005	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.