Skip to content
← All sets and all cards

Puncturing Blow

Red

1 printing listed in our catalog, from newest to oldest.

Puncturing Blow, Hour of Devastation printing
Hour of Devastation HOU · No. 106 2017-07-14

Card text

{2}{R}{R}
Sorcery
Puncturing Blow deals 5 damage to target creature. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.
"Neither the false God-Pharaoh nor his bugs will decide our fate." —Samut, former Tah-crop initiate
EDHREC rank #28460 Common Not on the Reserved List
Seen in store
Nobody lists it in Quebec right now.

Run a comparison: we query the stores live, it may have arrived this morning.

Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ✓ Legal
Modern ✓ Legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ✓ 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

1 ruling · in English, source Scryfall

Puncturing Blow’s replacement effect will exile the target creature if it would die this turn for any reason, not just due to lethal damage. It applies to the target creature even if Puncturing Blow deals no damage to it (due to a prevention effect) or Puncturing Blow deals damage to a different creature (due to a redirection effect).

2017-07-14 · Wizards of the Coast

All printings