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Curse of Bloodletting

{3}{R}{R}

Enchantment — Aura Curse

Dark Ascension·dka #85·Rare·2012·Art by Michael C. Hayes
StandardNot Legal
ModernLegal
CommanderLegal
LegacyLegal
PioneerNot Legal
VintageLegal

Oracle Text

player

If a source would deal damage to enchanted player, it deals that damage to that player instead.

It is the demon's mark, an infernal claim on the flesh of the guilty.

Print Details

Set
Dark Ascension (DKA)
Number
#85
Rarity
Rare
Artist
Michael C. Hayes
Frame
2003
Border
Black
Language
EN
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
USD
$1.54
USD Foil
$5.49
EUR
1.79
EUR Foil
3.71
MTGO Tix
0.02

Indicative figures.

Card Knowledge

Legalities

StandardNot Legal
PioneerNot Legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal

Rulings4

1/22/2011·wotc

If multiple effects modify how damage will be dealt to the enchanted player, that player chooses the order to apply the effects. For example, Mending Hands says, “Prevent the next 4 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.” Suppose a spell would deal 5 damage to enchanted player and that player has cast Mending Hands targeting themselves. The enchanted player can either (a) prevent 4 damage first and then let Curse of Bloodletting’s effect double the remaining 1 damage, taking 2 damage, or (b) double the damage to 10 and then prevent 4 damage, taking 6 damage.

1/22/2011·wotc

The source of the damage doesn’t change. A spell that deals damage will specify the source of the damage, often the spell itself. An ability that deals damage will also specify the source of the damage, although the ability itself will never be that source. Often the source of the ability is also the source of the damage.

1/22/2011·wotc

Curse of Bloodletting works with any damage, not just combat damage. It also doesn’t matter who controls the source of the damage that’s being dealt.

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