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Drill Bit

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Drill Bit, Ravnica Allegiance printing
Ravnica Allegiance RNA · No. 73 2019-01-25

Card text

{2}{B}
Sorcery
Spectacle {B} (You may cast this spell for its spectacle cost rather than its mana cost if an opponent lost life this turn.) Target player reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card.
Keywords: Spectacle
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EDHREC rank #23546 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 ∅ Not legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

6 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

Damage dealt to a player causes that player to lose that much life.

2024-01-12 · Wizards of the Coast

To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as a spectacle cost), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.

2024-01-12 · Wizards of the Coast

Spectacle doesn't change when you can cast the spell. For example, you can't cast a sorcery with spectacle during an opponent's turn unless another effect allows you to do so, even if that player has lost life this turn.

2024-01-12 · Wizards of the Coast

A card's spectacle cost is the same no matter how much life your opponents lost or how many opponents lost life.

2024-01-12 · Wizards of the Coast

Spectacle cares only that an opponent lost life during the turn, not that the opponent's life total is currently lower than it was. For example, if an opponent loses 1 life and then gains 2 life in the same turn, you can cast a spell for its spectacle cost that turn.

2024-01-12 · Wizards of the Coast

In a multiplayer game, if an opponent loses life and later that turn leaves the game, you can cast a spell for its spectacle cost. (If a player leaves the game during their turn, that turn continues without an active player.)

2024-01-12 · Wizards of the Coast

All printings

Drill Bit, Ravnica Allegiance printing
Ravnica Allegiance
RNA · #73
Uncommon
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Silver Goblin · Condition DMG