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Ruthless Lawbringer

Creature — Vampire Assassin1 generic manaWhite manaBlack mana

Edict and Vindicate, welded into one body. The template is a two-step catch trigger: the enters ability offers the sacrifice, and only if you take it does the destroy resolve, aimed at any nonland permanent you choose. That structure matters because it converts the usual drawback of a sacrifice cost into targeting freedom. Most removal that asks you to sacrifice a creature makes the payment feel like a tax; here the fodder is the ammunition, and Orzhov decks tend to be swimming in expendable bodies (tokens, spent value creatures, the aristocrat's stock-in-trade). The result is unconditional removal stapled to an aggressive three-power body, with the fine print doing the balancing: no fodder means no destroy, so the trigger simply fizzles when the board is empty, and the card wants a battlefield already committed to the sacrifice plan rather than a clean opening hand. It also folds neatly into any deck that wants creatures to die on purpose, since the sacrifice is a trigger you can point at your own death-payoffs rather than a cost you resent. The lineage runs straight through black's edict tradition and white's disenchant-plus-creature-kill catch-alls; this is the version that lets the pilot pick the target instead of the opponent, which is the whole difference between a symmetrical tax and a scalpel.

Ruthless Lawbringer (otj)
OTJ · #372uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.41
Foil: $0.56
Oracle Text

Rules text

When this creature enters, you may sacrifice another creature. When you do, destroy target nonland permanent.
Legalities

Format Status

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