Perforating Artist
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}{R}
- Type
- Creature — Devil
- Power / toughness
- 3 / 2
- Set
- Foundations #124 (uncommon)
- Price
- $0.25 USD
Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
Raid — At the beginning of your end step, if you attacked this turn, each opponent loses 3 life unless that player sacrifices a nonland permanent of their choice or discards a card.
Perforating Artist has 1 printing, first in Foundations (2024). EDHREC ranks it #6,461 among Commander cards. It appears most in Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate decks (2,679 on EDHREC). It has 6 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Perforating Artist most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate: 2,679 decks
- Raphael, Fiendish Savior: 2,632 decks
- Zoyowa Lava-Tongue: 958 decks
- Ares, God of War: 647 decks
- Garna, Bloodfist of Keld: 479 decks
- Rakdos, Patron of Chaos: 348 decks
- Mishra, Claimed by Gix: 304 decks
- Far Fortune, End Boss: 260 decks
Often played with Perforating Artist
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : While resolving Perforating Artist's last ability, your opponent chooses a card to be discarded without revealing it, chooses a nonland permanent to be sacrificed, or chooses to do neither. Then that player discards that card, sacrifices that permanent, or loses 3 life. Your opponent can always choose to lose 3 life, even if they have cards to discard or nonland permanents to sacrifice.
- : Some raid abilities trigger at the beginning of your end step. These abilities trigger if you attacked with a creature that turn, even if the permanent with that raid ability wasn't on the battlefield when you attacked.
- : In a Two-Headed Giant game, Perforating Artist's last ability causes both opponents to sacrifice a nonland permanent, discard a card, or lose 3 life.
- : Raid abilities evaluate the entire turn to see if you attacked with a creature. That creature doesn't have to still be on the battlefield. Similarly, the player, planeswalker, or battle it attacked doesn't have to still be in the game or on the battlefield.
- : Raid abilities care only that you attacked with a creature. It doesn't matter how many creatures you attacked with or which player, planeswalker, or battle those creatures attacked.
- : In a multiplayer game, each opponent in turn order makes their choice once, then all of the actions occur simultaneously. Opponents will know choices made by earlier opponents when making their choices, although a card chosen to be discarded this way isn't revealed until it's discarded.