Inevitable Defeat
- Mana cost
- {1}{R}{W}{B}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm Promos #194s (rare)
This spell can't be countered.
Exile target nonland permanent. Its controller loses 3 life and you gain 3 life.
Inevitable Defeat has 4 printings, first in Tarkir: Dragonstorm (2025). EDHREC ranks it #6,500 among Commander cards. It appears most in Zurgo Stormrender decks (3,138 on EDHREC). It has 1 official ruling.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Inevitable Defeat most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Zurgo Stormrender: 3,138 decks
- Zurgo, Thunder's Decree: 2,831 decks
- Neriv, Heart of the Storm: 2,169 decks
- Isshin, Two Heavens as One: 1,809 decks
- Omnath, Locus of All: 963 decks
- Caesar, Legion's Emperor: 949 decks
- Neriv, Crackling Vanguard: 425 decks
- Zurgo Helmsmasher: 295 decks
Often played with Inevitable Defeat
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If the target permanent is an illegal target as Inevitable Defeat tries to resolve, it won’t resolve and none of its effects will happen. No player will gain or lose life.