Torment of Venom
- Mana cost
- {2}{B}{B}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- The List #HOU-79 (common)
- Price
- $0.25 USD
Put three -1/-1 counters on target creature. Its controller loses 3 life unless they sacrifice another nonland permanent of their choice or discard a card.
Torment of Venom has 2 printings, first in Hour of Devastation (2017). EDHREC ranks it #18,791 among Commander cards. It appears most in The Scorpion God decks (718 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Torment of Venom most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- The Scorpion God: 718 decks
- Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons: 708 decks
- Grandmother Sengir: 2 decks
Often played with Torment of Venom
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : While resolving Torment of Venom, the creature’s controller 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. That player can always choose to lose 3 life, even if they have cards to discard or nonland permanents to sacrifice.
- : Because state-based actions aren’t performed while Torment of Venom is resolving, the target creature is still on the battlefield while its controller is tormented. If that creature has an Aura attached to it, that Aura can be sacrificed.
- : If the target creature is an illegal target by the time Torment of Venom resolves, the entire spell doesn’t resolve. The creature’s controller won’t be tormented.