Annihilator

Keywords · intermediate

Annihilator N punishes an opponent for being attacked. Whenever a creature with annihilator attacks, the defending player sacrifices N permanents.

How it works

• The trigger fires when the creature is declared as an attacker, before blockers.
• The defending player chooses which N of their permanents to sacrifice.
• This happens whether or not the creature is later blocked.

Rules notes

• The defending player chooses what to sacrifice, so they will usually keep their best permanents.
• If the player has fewer than N permanents, they sacrifice as many as they can.
• Annihilator appears mostly on Eldrazi creatures and is a very fast clock.

Rule reference

[702.86]