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Tendrils of Despair

Tendrils of Despair

Sorcery

common

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Target opponent discards two cards.

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Semantic Tags

Hand Disruptionmechanical

Forces opponents to discard cards from their hand. Targeted discard, mass discard, and discard-or-pay effects.

Forces opponents to discard cards from their hand. Targeted discard, mass discard, and discard-or-pay effects.

Broadly benefits from sacrificing permanents — overlaps aristocrats but includes non-creature sacrifice.

Lets you sacrifice your own creatures or permanents for value. Key enabler for aristocrats strategies.

Lets you sacrifice your own creatures or permanents for value. Key enabler for aristocrats strategies.

Format Legality

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

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Printings (1)

SetRarityTCGplayerCard KingdomCardmarket
Weatherlight#83common···

Rulings

2004-10-04

If the player has fewer than 2 cards, they discard whatever they have.

2013-04-15

Players can only respond once this spell has been cast and all its costs have been paid. No one can try to destroy the creature you sacrificed to prevent you from casting this spell.

2013-04-15

You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast this spell; you cannot cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you cannot sacrifice additional creatures.