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Master of Cruelties
Creature — Demon
mythic
First strike, deathtouch This creature can only attack alone. Whenever this creature attacks a player and isn't blocked, that player's life total becomes 1. This creature assigns no combat damage this combat.
1/4
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Attacks quickly and deals damage efficiently. Includes haste, double strike, first strike, prowess, and cards that grant these.
Benefits from attacking — attack triggers, combat damage triggers, exalted.
A keyword ability that causes damage dealt by an object to be especially effective. See rule 702.2, “Deathtouch.”
A keyword ability that causes damage dealt by an object to be especially effective. See rule 702.2, “Deathtouch.”
Has or grants deathtouch — kills anything it damages, effective deterrent and combat removal.
A keyword ability that lets a creature deal its combat damage before other creatures. See rule 702.7, “First Strike.”
A keyword ability that lets a creature deal its combat damage before other creatures. See rule 702.7, “First Strike.”
Has first strike or double strike — trades favorably in combat.
Has first strike or double strike — trades favorably in combat.
A card or token on the battlefield. See rule 110, “Permanents.”
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Printings (9)
| Set | Rarity | TCGplayer | Card Kingdom | Cardmarket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Drop#1565 | mythic | · | · | · |
| Ravnica Remastered#373z | mythic | · | · | · |
| Ravnica Remastered#373 | mythic | · | · | · |
| Ravnica Remastered#198 | mythic | · | · | · |
| Double Masters 2022#251 | mythic | · | · | · |
| Double Masters 2022#522 | mythic | · | · | · |
| The List#DGM-82 | mythic | · | · | · |
| RNA Guild Kit#66 | mythic | · | · | · |
| Dragon's Maze#82 | mythic | · | · | · |
Related Concepts
A keyword ability that causes damage dealt by an object to be especially effective. See rule 702.2, “Deathtouch.”
Related Rules
If an ability would produce one or more mana of an undefined type, it produces no mana instead.
Some abilities produce mana based on the type of mana another permanent or permanents “could produce.” The type of mana a permanent could produce at any time includes any type of mana that an ability of that permanent would produce if the ability were to resolve at that time, taking into account any applicable replacement effects in any possible order. Ignore whether any costs of the ability could or could not be paid. If that permanent wouldn’t produce any mana under these conditions, or no type of mana can be defined this way, there’s no type of mana it could produce.
To “tap [a permanent] for mana” is to activate a mana ability of that permanent that includes the {T} symbol in its activation cost. See rule 605, “Mana Abilities.”
An ability that triggers whenever a permanent “is tapped for mana” or is tapped for mana of a specified type triggers whenever such a mana ability resolves and produces mana or the specified type of mana.
A replacement effect that applies if a permanent “is tapped for mana” or tapped for mana of a specific type and/or amount modifies the mana production event while such an ability is resolving and producing mana or the specified type and/or amount of mana.
If an object’s enters-the-battlefield triggered ability or replacement effect refers to X, and the spell that became that object as it resolved had a value of X chosen for any of its costs, the value of X for that ability is the same as the value of X for that spell, although the value of X for that permanent is 0. This is an exception to rule 107.3i.
The tap symbol is {T}. The tap symbol in an activation cost means “Tap this permanent.” A permanent that’s already tapped can’t be tapped again to pay the cost. A creature’s activated ability with the tap symbol in its activation cost can’t be activated unless the creature has been under its controller’s control continuously since their most recent turn began. See rule 302.6.
The untap symbol is {Q}. The untap symbol in an activation cost means “Untap this permanent.” A permanent that’s already untapped can’t be untapped again to pay the cost. A creature’s activated ability with the untap symbol in its activation cost can’t be activated unless the creature has been under its controller’s control continuously since their most recent turn began. See rule 302.6.
Rulings
If Master of Cruelties attacks alone, another creature entering the battlefield attacking will have no effect on it. Master of Cruelties continues to be an attacking creature. The other attacking creature will assign combat damage normally, regardless of whether Master of Cruelties's last ability triggers.
For a player's life total to become 1, what actually happens is that the player loses (or in some rare cases, gains) the appropriate amount of life. For example, if the player's life total is 4 when the last ability resolves, it will cause that player to lose 3 life. Other effects that interact with life loss (or gain) will interact with this effect accordingly.
Assigning no combat damage isn't the same as preventing that damage. Effects that make damage unpreventable will have no effect if no combat damage can be assigned.
Master of Cruelties isn't forced to attack, but if it does, it must do so alone. If you control another creature with an ability that says it must attack if able, that creature must attack and Master of Cruelties won't be able to.
An ability that triggers when something "attacks and isn't blocked" triggers in the declare blockers step after blockers are declared if (1) that creature is attacking and (2) no creatures are declared to block it. It will trigger even if that creature was put onto the battlefield attacking rather than having been declared as an attacker in the declare attackers step.
Master of Cruelties's last ability won't trigger if it attacks a planeswalker or a battle.