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Dire Tactics — Rulings, Legalities & Similar Cards | MTGAssist

Dire Tactics

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Dire Tactics

{W} {B}

Instantuncommon

Exile target creature. If you don't control a Human, you lose life equal to that creature's toughness.

"I will preserve human life at all costs. I will stand alone against behemoths before I let them touch my city. I will hold the wall." —Oath of the Coppercoats

Illustrated by Daarken · Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths · #183

Rulings for Dire Tactics

2

2020-04-17
Use the exiled creature’s toughness as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how much life you lose.

2020-04-17
Whether you control a Human is checked only after exiling the target creature. If that creature had exiled a Human you controlled until that creature left the battlefield, that Human will return to the battlefield in time to be counted.

Format Legality

11

Duellegal

Brawllegal

Pennynot legal

Predhnot legal

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Future

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Legacylegal

Modernlegal

Paupernot legal

Alchemynot legal

Pioneerlegal

Vintagelegal

Historiclegal

Standardnot legal

Timelesslegal

Commanderlegal

Gladiatorlegal

Old Schoolnot legal

Premodernnot legal

Oathbreakerlegal

Standard Brawlnot legal

Pauper Commandernot legal

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