Dire Tactics

Instant

Exile target creature. If you don't control a Human, you lose life equal to that creature's toughness.

"I will preserve human life at all costs. I will stand alone against behemoths before I let them touch my city. I will hold the wall." —Oath of the Coppercoats

Set: Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO #183)
Rarity: Uncommon
Mana value: 2
Released: 2020-04-24
Artist: Daarken
EDHREC rank: #6,216
Colour identity
Finishes: Nonfoil, Foil
Served from: Local database

Commander bracket

1 +

Fits any bracket

No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.27

How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.

Removal

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Format legality

Standard Not legal

Pioneer Legal

Modern Legal

Legacy Legal

Vintage Legal

Pauper Not legal

Commander Legal

Oathbreaker Legal

Duel Commander Legal

Brawl Legal

Standard Brawl Not legal

Historic Legal

Timeless Legal

Alchemy Not legal

Penny Legal

Premodern Not legal

PreDH Not legal

Pauper EDH Not legal

Old School Not legal

Future Not legal

Gladiator Legal

All printings Scryfall ↗Gatherer ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

2020-04-17
Use the exiled creature’s toughness as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how much life you lose.
2020-04-17
Whether you control a Human is checked only after exiling the target creature. If that creature had exiled a Human you controlled until that creature left the battlefield, that Human will return to the battlefield in time to be counted.