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Eye for an Eye

Card Name

Eye for an Eye

Mana Cost

Type

Instant

Rarity

Rare

rules Text

Can be cast only when a creature, spell, or effect does damage to you. Eye for an Eye does an equal amount of damage to the controller of that creature, spell, or effect. If some spell or effect reduces the amount of damage you receive, it does not reduce the damage dealt by Eye for an Eye.

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Modern, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(2/1/2009)
The damage dealt to you is still being dealt by the original source. The damage dealt to the other player is being dealt by Eye for an Eye.
(2/1/2009)
Eye for an Eye must resolve before damage would be dealt to you in order to affect that damage.