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Executioner's Swing

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Executioner's Swing, Gatecrash printing
Gatecrash GTC · No. 161 2013-02-01

Card text

{W}{B}
Instant
Target creature that dealt damage this turn gets -5/-5 until end of turn.
"The contract specified an appendage for a missed payment. Read the fine print: the head is an appendage."
EDHREC rank #25633 Common Not on the Reserved List
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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ✓ Legal
Modern ✓ Legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ✓ Legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ∅ Not legal
Historic ∅ Not legal
Timeless ∅ Not legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ∅ Not legal
Penny ✓ Legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

2 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

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

2013-01-24 · Wizards of the Coast

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.)

2013-01-24 · Wizards of the Coast

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