Puncturing Blow
- Mana cost
- {2}{R}{R}
- Type
- Sorcery
- Set
- Hour of Devastation #106 (common)
- Price
- $0.03 USD
Puncturing Blow deals 5 damage to target creature. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.
Puncturing Blow has 2 printings, first in Hour of Devastation (2017). EDHREC ranks it #28,596 among Commander cards. It appears most in Livaan, Cultist of Tiamat decks (1 on EDHREC). It has 1 official ruling.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Puncturing Blow most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Livaan, Cultist of Tiamat: 1 decks
- Zhao, the Seething Flame: 1 decks
- Pia Nalaar
Often played with Puncturing Blow
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : 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).