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Executioner's Swing

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Executioner's Swing

Mana cost{W}{B} Mana value2TypeInstant Color identity{B}{W} Orzhov RarityCommon SetGatecrash (GTC) ArtistKarl Kopinski Price€0.09 · foil €0.16 · $0.19

Executioner's Swing {W}{B}

Instant
Target creature that dealt damage this turn gets -5/-5 until end of turn.

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Legality

CommanderLegalStandardNot legalPioneerLegalModernLegalLegacyLegalVintageLegalPauperLegalBrawlNot legalOathbreakerLegalHistoricNot legalTimelessNot legalPenny DreadfulLegal

Rulings

2013-01-24
You can’t choose a creature that hasn’t yet dealt damage during the turn as the target of Executioner’s Swing, so in most cases it’s not possible for Executioner’s Swing to reduce the amount of combat damage a creature deals. (If a creature has double strike, you could cast Executioner’s Swing after it deals first-strike damage but before it deals regular combat damage.)

2013-01-24
It doesn’t matter what the creature dealt damage to or if that damage was combat damage.