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Mortality Spear
UncommonColour IDMV 4
Instant
This spell costs less to cast if you gained life this turn.
Destroy target nonland permanent.
Card capabilities
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Primary formats
Eternal formats
Other printings
3 other English printingsEarliest 2021-04-23Newest 2026-04-24Cheapest priced $0.21 in STX
Rulings (1)
wotc16 Apr 2021
To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions (such as that of Mortality Spear). Mortality Spear's mana value is always 4, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.
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