Excruciator (RAV)
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Damage that would be dealt by Excruciator can't be prevented.
7/7"Though used as a piercing weapon, the tusk is more akin to a stinger, spreading pain instantly throughout the body of its victim. This specimen deserves further study."
—Simic research notes
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Legalities
- brawl: banned
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- modern: legal
- pauper: legal
- pioneer: banned
- standard: banned
- vintage: legal
Rulings
- 2005-10-01:
An effect may redirect Excruciator’s damage.
- 2005-10-01:
Excruciator can deal damage to creatures with protection from red. (It can’t block creatures with protection from red, though.)
- 2005-10-01:
Damage prevention shields that would prevent this damage aren’t used up and they stick around for the next time something would deal damage.
- 2005-10-01:
A creature dealt lethal damage by Excruciator can be regenerated.
- 2005-10-01:
Replacement effects that don’t use the word “prevent” can replace Excruciator’s damage with something else. See Phytohydra and Szadek, Lord of Secrets, for example.