Dire Tactics
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This printing
SetIKO
Collector #183
Released2020-04-24
Rarityuncommon
ArtistDaarken
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Dire Tactics

UncommonColour IDMV 2
Instant
Exile target creature. If you don't control a Human, you lose life equal to that creature's toughness.
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 (2)
wotc17 Apr 2020
Use the exiled creature’s toughness as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how much life you lose.
wotc17 Apr 2020
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.