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Carnival // Carnage

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Carnival // Carnage, Ravnica Allegiance printing
Ravnica Allegiance RNA · No. 222 2019-01-25

Card text

{B/R} // {2}{B}{R}
Instant // Sorcery
Carnival deals 1 damage to target creature or planeswalker and 1 damage to that permanent's controller. // Carnage deals 3 damage to target opponent. That player discards two cards.
EDHREC rank #23659 Uncommon Not on the Reserved List
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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ✓ Legal
Modern ✓ Legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ✓ Legal
Historic ✓ Legal
Timeless ✓ Legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ✓ Legal
Penny ✓ Legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

9 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

If the target player is an illegal target by the time Carnage tries to resolve, the spell doesn't resolve. No player discards.

2019-01-25 · Wizards of the Coast

If the target permanent is an illegal target by the time Carnival tries to resolve, the spell doesn't resolve. No player is dealt damage.

2019-01-25 · Wizards of the Coast

Each split card has two names. If an effect instructs you to choose a card name, you may choose one of those names, but not both.

2022-12-08 · Wizards of the Coast

Each split card is a single card. For example, if you discard a split card, you've discarded one card, not two. If an effect counts the number of sorcery cards in your graveyard, Assault // Battery counts once, not twice.

2022-12-08 · Wizards of the Coast

A split card's characteristics are a combination of its two halves while it is not on the stack. For example, Assault // Battery has a mana value of 5 while it is in your library. If an effect allows you to search your library for a card with mana value 4 or less, you can't find Assault // Battery.

2022-12-08 · Wizards of the Coast

To cast a split card, choose one of its halves to cast. There's no way to cast both halves of this split card.

2022-12-08 · Wizards of the Coast

If you copy a spell that's half of a split card, the copy copies that same half. For example, if you copy Assault, the copy is also Assault, not Battery.

2022-12-08 · Wizards of the Coast

If an effect allows you to cast a spell with certain characteristics, consider only the characteristics of the half you're casting. For example, if an effect allows you to cast a sorcery spell with mana value 2 or less from among cards in your graveyard, you could cast Assault this way, but not Battery.

2022-12-08 · Wizards of the Coast

Split cards have two card faces on a single card. The characteristics of the half you didn't cast are ignored while the spell is on the stack.

2022-12-08 · Wizards of the Coast

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