Knife and Death
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This printing
SetUNF
Collector #363
Released2022-10-07
Rarityrare
ArtistCaio Monteiro
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Knife and Death

RareColour IDMV 4
Sorcery
Just a second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't move permanents.)
One at a time, throw ten cards you own from outside the game onto the playing area from a distance of at least three feet (about one meter). For each of those cards, Knife and Death deals 1 damage to each creature or planeswalker you don't control that card is touching. You gain life equal to the damage dealt this way.
Card capabilities
Sorcery
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
1 other English printingEarliest 2022-10-07Newest 2022-10-07Cheapest priced $0.14 in UNF
Rulings (8)
wotc7 Oct 2022
No player may interfere with the throwing of the ten cards, including while they’re in flight.
wotc7 Oct 2022
Card sleeves are considered part of the card. If a thrown card (or its own card sleeve) is touching another card’s sleeve, it is considered touching that card.
wotc7 Oct 2022
The thrown cards never actually enter the game. After Knife and Death finishes resolving, they return from whence they came, to thine sideboard or collection.
wotc7 Oct 2022
Just a second is a variant of split second. Announcing Knife and Death instantly locks all permanents in place on the battlefield. As long as Knife and Death is on the stack, players can’t cast spells, activate abilities, or move their permanents.
wotc7 Oct 2022
If one of the cards ends up touching the object used to represent a creature or planeswalker token an opponent controls, Knife and Death will deal damage to it.
wotc7 Oct 2022
The ten cards must be traditionally sized Magic cards. They can be in card sleeves if you’d like, but not otherwise modified. They must be thrown onto the battlefield from at least three feet (about one meter) away horizontally.