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The Countdown Is at One

Red

2 printings listed in our catalog, from newest to oldest.

The Countdown Is at One, The List (Unfinity Foil Edition) printing
The List (Unfinity Foil Edition) ULST · No. 28 2022-10-07

Card text

{3}{R}{R}
Sorcery
Players play a Magic subgame, starting at 1 life and using their libraries as their decks. For the rest of the main game, if a source would deal damage to a player who didn't win the subgame, it deals double that damage to that player instead.
Keywords: Double
Rare Not on the Reserved List
Seen in store
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The 2 printings

All, with their prices ↓

Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ∅ Not legal
Modern ∅ Not legal
Legacy ∅ Not legal
Vintage ∅ Not legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ∅ Not legal
Oathbreaker ∅ Not legal
Brawl ∅ Not legal
Historic ∅ Not legal
Timeless ∅ Not legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ∅ Not legal
Penny ∅ Not legal
Duel ∅ Not legal

Official rulings

4 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

To play a Magic subgame, all players start a new game, using their libraries as their decks. No other cards, tokens, emblems, or anything else from the main game are included in the subgame.

2018-01-19 · Wizards of the Coast

If a player has fewer than seven cards in their main-game library, they’ll lose the subgame as it begins, regardless of how many mulligans that player takes.

2018-01-19 · Wizards of the Coast

If the subgame is a draw, no player won the subgame, so damage dealt to any player in the main game will be doubled.

2018-01-19 · Wizards of the Coast

After the subgame ends, all players shuffle their cards from the subgame to reform their main-game libraries, and they return to the main game from the point they left off, with The Countdown Is at One finishing resolving.

2018-01-19 · Wizards of the Coast

All printings

The Countdown Is at One, The List (Unfinity Foil Edition) printing
The List (Unfinity Foil Edition)
ULST · #28
Rare
Tapt's Canadian calculation. How to read these prices
Fantasy Forged · Foil