Sudden Death
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}{B}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Time Spiral #134 (uncommon)
- Price
- $0.15 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.)
Target creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn.
Sudden Death has 2 printings, first in Time Spiral (2006). EDHREC ranks it #18,951 among Commander cards. It appears most in Yukora, the Prisoner decks (3 on EDHREC). It has 6 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Sudden Death most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Yukora, the Prisoner: 3 decks
- Scorpion, Seething Striker: 3 decks
- Elektra, Daughter of the Hand: 2 decks
- Splinter, the Mentor: 1 decks
Often played with Sudden Death
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Split second doesn't stop triggered abilities from triggering, such as that of Chalice of the Void. If one does, its controller puts it on the stack and chooses targets for it, if any. Those abilities will resolve as normal.
- : 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.
- : Casting a spell with split second won't affect spells and abilities that are already on the stack.
- : Players may turn face-down creatures face up while a spell with split second is on the stack.
- : Players still get priority while a card with split second is on the stack; their options are just limited to mana abilities and certain special actions.
- : 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.