Martyrdom
- Mana cost
- {1}{W}{W}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Alliances #10a (common)
- Price
- $0.44 USD
Until end of turn, target creature you control gains "{0}: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to target creature, planeswalker, or player this turn is dealt to this creature instead." Only you may activate this ability.
Martyrdom has 2 printings, first in Alliances (1996). EDHREC ranks it #12,763 among Commander cards. It appears most in Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer decks (5,390 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Martyrdom most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer: 5,390 decks
- Wayta, Trainer Prodigy: 460 decks
- Jared Carthalion, True Heir: 263 decks
- Piru, the Volatile: 184 decks
- Black Panther, Most Dangerous: 27 decks
- Cho-Manno, Revolutionary: 25 decks
- Razia, Boros Archangel: 11 decks
- Gatta and Luzzu: 9 decks
Often played with Martyrdom
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Can be used to redirect damage from that creature to itself. This has no particularly useful effect.
- : If the target creature is not still on the battlefield when the damage is to be redirected, the damage stays where it is.
- : If the target stops being a creature, you can’t redirect damage to it until/unless it becomes a creature again.