Tendrils of Despair
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SetWTH
Collector #83
Released1997-06-09
Raritycommon
ArtistJohn Coulthart
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Tendrils of Despair

CommonColour IDMV 1
Sorcery
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Target opponent discards two cards.
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 (3)
wotc15 Apr 2013
Players can only respond once this spell has been cast and all its costs have been paid. No one can try to destroy the creature you sacrificed to prevent you from casting this spell.
wotc15 Apr 2013
You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast this spell; you cannot cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you cannot sacrifice additional creatures.
wotc4 Oct 2004
If the player has fewer than 2 cards, they discard whatever they have.