Certain Death
5Sorcery
common
The List (PLST)
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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.
#23,921 EDHREC
🖌 Kev Walker
Market prices
updated on 06/17/2026
from €0.06
| Source | Normal | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Card Kingdom | $0.35 | — |
| Cardmarket | €0.06 | — |
| TCGplayer | $0.11 | — |
Trend · last 90 days · EUR
€0.06
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max €0.06
Rulings (2)
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.
07/13/2016If 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.
07/13/2016Legality by format
| Brawl | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Old School | Not legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Premodern | Not legal |
| Standard | Not legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Block Constructed | Not legal |
| Extended | Not legal |
| Frontier | Not legal |
| Tiny Leaders | Not legal |