Puncture Bolt
- Mana cost
- {1}{R}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Shadowmoor #102 (common)
- Price
- $0.27 USD
Puncture Bolt deals 1 damage to target creature. Put a -1/-1 counter on that creature.
Puncture Bolt has 1 printing, first in Shadowmoor (2008). EDHREC ranks it #23,702 among Commander cards. It appears most in The Scorpion God decks (432 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Puncture Bolt most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- The Scorpion God: 432 decks
Often played with Puncture Bolt
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Puncture Bolt will resolve fully (and give the creature a -1/-1 counter) even if the 1 damage would be enough to destroy it. (This would matter if a 3/3 creature with persist had already been dealt 2 damage, for example.)
- : If you target a creature with 1 toughness, Puncture Bolt deals 1 damage to it, then puts a -1/-1 counter on it, which reduces it to 0 toughness. The creature will be put into its owner’s graveyard as a result of having 0 toughness. Regeneration can’t save it.
- : If you target a creature with 2 toughness, Puncture Bolt deals 1 damage to it, then puts a -1/-1 counter on it, which reduces it to 1 toughness. The creature will be destroyed as a result of lethal damage. Regeneration could save it.