Executioner's Swing
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SetGTC
Collector #161
Released2013-02-01
Raritycommon
ArtistKarl Kopinski
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Executioner's Swing

CommonColour IDMV 2
Instant
Target creature that dealt damage this turn gets -5/-5 until end of turn.
Card capabilities
Instant
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
This is the only English printing.
Rulings (2)
wotc24 Jan 2013
It doesn’t matter what the creature dealt damage to or if that damage was combat damage.
wotc24 Jan 2013
You can’t choose a creature that hasn’t yet dealt damage during the turn as the target of Executioner’s Swing, so in most cases it’s not possible for Executioner’s Swing to reduce the amount of combat damage a creature deals. (If a creature has double strike, you could cast Executioner’s Swing after it deals first-strike damage but before it deals regular combat damage.)