V.A.T.S.
- Mana cost
- {2}{B}{B}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Fallout #50 (rare)
- Price
- $0.85 USD
Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.)
Choose any number of target creatures with equal toughness. Destroy the chosen creatures.
V.A.T.S. has 4 printings, first in Fallout (2024). EDHREC ranks it #4,687 among Commander cards. It appears most in Caesar, Legion's Emperor decks (9,044 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 8 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run V.A.T.S.
- Hail, Caesar - Fallout, led by Caesar, Legion's Emperor
Commanders that run V.A.T.S. most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Caesar, Legion's Emperor: 9,044 decks
- The Wise Mothman: 2,463 decks
- Maha, Its Feathers Night: 1,747 decks
- Shay Cormac: 1,052 decks
- The Ghoul, Gunslinger: 914 decks
- King of the Oathbreakers: 699 decks
- Vincent Valentine // Galian Beast: 490 decks
- Agent Frank Horrigan: 465 decks
Often played with V.A.T.S.
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If you choose just one target for V.A.T.S., that creature will be destroyed when V.A.T.S. resolves as long as it’s still a legal target, regardless of whether or not its toughness has changed since V.A.T.S. was cast.
- : In the rare case where the legal targets no longer all have equal toughness (probably because of a triggered ability or special action) when V.A.T.S. tries to resolve, it won’t resolve. None of the chosen creatures will be destroyed.
- : Players still get priority while a spell with split second is on the stack; their options are just limited to mana abilities and certain special actions.
- : If the resolution of a triggered ability involves casting a spell, that spell can’t be cast if a spell with split second is on the stack.
- : Players may turn face-down creatures face up while a spell with split second is on the stack.
- : Split second doesn’t stop triggered abilities from triggering. If one does, its controller puts it on the stack and chooses targets for it, if any. Those abilities will resolve as normal.
- : After a spell with split second resolves (or otherwise leaves the stack), players may again cast spells and activate abilities before the next object on the stack resolves.
- : Casting a spell with split second won’t affect spells and abilities that are already on the stack.