Public Execution
- Mana cost
- {5}{B}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Conspiracy: Take the Crown #145 (uncommon)
- Price
- $0.23 USD
Destroy target creature an opponent controls. Each other creature that player controls gets -2/-0 until end of turn.
Public Execution has 3 printings, first in Magic 2013 (2012). EDHREC ranks it #28,644 among Commander cards. It appears most in Nefarox, Overlord of Grixis decks (9 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Public Execution most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Nefarox, Overlord of Grixis: 9 decks
- Riven Turnbull: 3 decks
- Tombstone, Career Criminal: 2 decks
Often played with Public Execution
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Public Execution targets only the creature it destroys. If that creature is an illegal target when Public Execution tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. No creature will get -2/-0.
- : Only creatures controlled by the player when Public Execution resolves will get -2/-0. Creatures that enter under that player's control or that the player gains control of later in the turn are unaffected.
- : If the target creature regenerates or has indestructible, each other creature controlled by that creature's controller will still get -2/-0.