This Is How It Ends
- Mana cost
- {3}{B}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Doctor Who #964 (rare)
Target creature's owner shuffles it into their library, then faces a villainous choice — They lose 5 life, or they shuffle another creature they own into their library.
This Is How It Ends has 4 printings, first in Doctor Who (2023). EDHREC ranks it #8,650 among Commander cards. It appears most in Dr. Eggman decks (3,486 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 3 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 This Is How It Ends
- Masters of Evil - Doctor Who, led by Davros, Dalek Creator
Commanders that run This Is How It Ends most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Dr. Eggman: 3,486 decks
- The Valeyard: 1,978 decks
- Zevlor, Elturel Exile: 708 decks
- Missy: 631 decks
- Sygg, River Cutthroat: 336 decks
- The Master, Multiplied: 232 decks
- The Master, Gallifrey's End: 85 decks
- The Master, Mesmerist: 58 decks
Often played with This Is How It Ends
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If a spell or ability requires multiple players to face a villainous choice, the result is a little different from other effects in Magic. In that case, the first player in turn order makes their choice and the action for that choice is performed before the next player makes their choice. Then each of the remaining players repeat this process in turn order.
- : A player facing a villainous choice can always choose either option, even if one or both of the options are impossible. For example, if one of the options is to sacrifice a creature, a player who controls no creatures can still choose that option.
- : When a player faces a villainous choice, they first choose one of the two options, then all actions in the chosen option are performed.