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Pharika's Libation

Instant2 generic manaBlack mana

Edict effects have always lived with a structural blind spot: they let the opponent pick what dies, so a board with any expendable body deflects them cleanly. What this instant adds is a second target class most edicts never touch. Enchantments in black have traditionally been near-unremovable outside of a handful of catch-all sweepers, so folding an enchantment-edict into the same modal spell answers a permanent type the color usually just concedes. The catch is inherited from the edict template itself: the opponent sacrifices a creature (or enchantment) of their choice, so a single token or a spare aura blunts the mode you actually wanted. That makes the spell's value entirely a read on the opposing board. Against a lone threat or a single game-defining enchantment, instant speed lets you strip it at the worst possible moment, in response to an attack, a combat trigger, or the enchantment's own activation. Against a wide board or a cluttered enchantment suite, you are paying three mana to remove the least important thing they own. The design does not paper over that tradeoff, and the result is a role-player rather than a premium answer: one mode covers a gap black rarely gets to cover, and both modes hand the choice to the player you are trying to punish.

Pharika's Libation (plst)
PLST · #THB-111common
Pricing
Normal: $0.23
Foil: $0.27
Oracle Text

Rules text

Choose one — • Target opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice. • Target opponent sacrifices an enchantment of their choice.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
Legal
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