Invoke Despair

Mana cost

Mana value5TypeSorcery Color identity

Black RarityRare SetKamigawa: Neon Dynasty (NEO) ArtistOlivier Bernard Price€0.34 · foil €0.51 · $0.27

About this card

Invoke Despair is a sorcery card in Magic: The Gathering with mana value 5 (color identity: black). First printed in Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Promos (2022); 6 paper printings in total. Role in Commander: card draw. Legal in Commander, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy and Vintage. Cheapest printing: €0.33 (Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty); most expensive: €1.15 (Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty).

Invoke Despair

Sorcery

Target opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice. If they can't, they lose 2 life and you draw a card. Then repeat this process for an enchantment and a planeswalker.

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Name in each language

FrançaisInvocation du désespoirEnglishInvoke DespairEspañolInvocar a la desesperaciónDeutschAnrufung der VerzweiflungItalianoInvocare la DisperazionePortuguêsInvocar o Desespero日本語絶望招来

Legality

CommanderLegalStandardNot legalPioneerLegalModernLegalLegacyLegalVintageLegalPauperNot legalBrawlLegalOathbreakerLegalHistoricLegalTimelessLegalPenny DreadfulLegal

Rulings

2022-02-18
The target opponent doesn't choose whether to sacrifice a creature or not, although they do choose which creature they control to sacrifice.

2022-02-18
When you repeat the process, you don't choose a new player. The same player sacrifices each of the three permanents, if able.

2022-02-18
You repeat the process for an enchantment and a planeswalker whether the target opponent was able to sacrifice a creature or not.