Nightmare's Thirst
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SetM19
Collector #111
Released2018-07-13
Rarityuncommon
ArtistIgor Kieryluk
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Nightmare's Thirst

UncommonColour IDMV 1
Instant
You gain 1 life. Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.
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)
wotc13 Jul 2018
Nightmare’s Thirst counts how much life you’ve gained this turn, not how much your life total changed. For example, if you’ve gained 5 life and lost 8 before Nightmare’s Thirst resolves, Nightmare’s Thirst has you gain 1 more life, then it gives the target creature -6/-6.
wotc13 Jul 2018
If the target creature is an illegal target when Nightmare’s Thirst tries to resolve, the spell doesn’t resolve. You won’t gain 1 life.