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Deadshot

Deadshot

Sorcery

uncommon

Tap target creature. It deals damage equal to its power to another target creature.

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Semantic Tags

Infectvector

A keyword ability that affects how an object deals damage to creatures and players. See rule 702.90, “Infect.”

Power Mattersmechanical

Cares about power of creatures — Fling effects, power-based draw, Xenagos strategies.

Format Legality

commanderlegal
oathbreakerlegal
modernnot legal
pioneernot legal
standardnot legal
legacylegal
vintagelegal
paupernot legal
historicnot legal
explorernot legal
alchemynot legal

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Printings (2)

SetRarityTCGplayerCard KingdomCardmarket
Tempest Remastered#129uncommon···
Tempest#170rare···

Related Rules

120.3a

Damage dealt to a player by a source without infect causes that player to lose that much life.

120.3b

Damage dealt to a player by a source with infect causes that source’s controller to give the player that many poison counters.

120.3d

Damage dealt to a creature by a source with wither and/or infect causes that source’s controller to put that many -1/-1 counters on that creature.

120.3e

Damage dealt to a creature by a source with neither wither nor infect causes that much damage to be marked on that creature.

702.90f

Multiple instances of infect on the same object are redundant.

302.7

Damage dealt to a creature by a source with neither wither nor infect is marked on that creature (see rule 120.3). If the total damage marked on that creature is greater than or equal to its toughness, that creature has been dealt lethal damage and is destroyed as a state-based action (see rule 704). All damage marked on a creature is removed when it regenerates (see rule 701.19, “Regenerate”) and during the cleanup step (see rule 514.2).

702.90

Infect

702.90a

Infect is a static ability.

Rulings

2004-10-04

Deadshot can target a creature which is already tapped as its first target, and it will still damage the second target. This is because it taps that creature as an effect, not as a cost.