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Choice of Damnations

Card Name

Choice of Damnations

Mana Cost

5

Type

Sorcery – Arcane

Rarity

Rare

rules 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

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

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

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.