Remorseless Punishment {3}{B}{B}
Sorcery
Target opponent loses 5 life unless that player discards two cards or sacrifices a creature or planeswalker. Repeat this process once.
“I have suffered a thousand lifetimes of agony on this wretched world. I’ve far less time to share with you, but I assure you, no less pain.”
—Ob Nixilis
Illustrated by Ryan Barger
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Toolbox
Notes and Rules Information for Remorseless Punishment:
- The player can’t choose to discard two cards unless they have at least two cards in hand. Similarly, that player can’t choose to sacrifice a creature or planeswalker unless they control one. This means that if the target opponent doesn’t have two cards in hand and doesn’t control a creature or planeswalker, that player will lose 5 life and then lose 5 life again. (2016-01-22)
- No player may take any actions between the two times the player goes through the process. (2016-01-22)
- Any abilities that trigger while Remorseless Punishment is resolving will be put on the stack after it has completely resolved. (2016-01-22)
- The same player chooses both times. In a multiplayer game, you can’t choose a different opponent to repeat the process. (2016-04-08)