Punish Ignorance
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SetALA
Collector #183
Released2008-10-03
Rarityrare
ArtistShelly Wan
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Punish Ignorance

RareColour IDMV 4
Instant
Counter target spell. Its controller loses 3 life and you gain 3 life.
Card capabilities
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
This is the only English printing.
Rulings (1)
wotc1 Oct 2008
You may target a spell that “can’t be countered” with Punish Ignorance. If you do, the first part of Punish Ignorance’s effect won’t do anything, but the life-loss and life-gain effects will still work.