Executioner’s Swing

Executioner’s Swing from Gatecrash. Common MTG card for deck building and Commander. View rules, legality, and compare prices from multiple sellers.

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Commander Legal
Duel Legal
Legacy Legal
Modern Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Pauper Legal
Paupercommander Legal
Penny Legal
Pioneer Legal
Vintage Legal
Card Set Gatecrash  
Card Type Instant
Rarity   Common  
Mana Cost
Card Text Target creature that dealt damage this turn gets -5/-5 until end of turn.
Flavor Text "The contract specified an appendage for a missed payment. Read the fine print: the head is an appendage."
Card Number #161
Artist Karl Kopinski
Card Languages Chinese Simplified , Chinese Traditional , English , French , German , Italian , Japanese , Korean , Portuguese (Brazil) , Russian , Spanish
Frame Version 2003
Border Color Black
EDHREC Rank 23033
EDHREC Saltiness 0.11
Reprint? No
Is Promo? No
Oversized? No
Joke Card? No
In Starter? No
Time Shifted? No
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Card Rulings

2013-01-24

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

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.)