The Lord of Pain
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SetDSC
Collector #3
Released2024-09-27
Raritymythic
ArtistGreg Staples
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesBorderless
ScryfallOpen ↗

The Lord of Pain

MythicColour IDMV 5
Legendary Creature — Human Assassin
Menace
Your opponents can't gain life.
Whenever a player casts their first spell each turn, choose another target player. The Lord of Pain deals damage equal to that spell's mana value to the chosen player.
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Keywords
Menace
Card capabilities
CreatureLegendary creature
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
This is the only English printing.
Rulings (4)
wotc20 Sept 2024
The Lord of Pain's last ability must target a player other than the one who cast the spell that caused the ability to trigger. That means that if it's just you and one other player in the game, you'll have to target yourself when that player casts their first spell each turn. (What did you expect? You summoned The Lord of Pain!)
wotc20 Sept 2024
If an effect says to set an opponent's life total to a number that's higher than their current life total, that player's life total won't change.
wotc20 Sept 2024
Spells and abilities that cause opponents to gain life still resolve while The Lord of Pain is on the battlefield. They won't gain life, but any other effects of that spell or ability will still happen.
wotc20 Sept 2024
If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, use the value chosen for X when determining that spell's mana value.
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