Pyrrhic Strike 
Instant
Oracle text (EN)
Instant
As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may blight 2. (You may put two -1/-1 counters on a creature you control.) Choose one. If this spell's additional cost was paid, choose both instead. • Destroy target artifact or enchantment. • Destroy target creature with mana value 3 or greater.
Printing details
- Set
- ECL · 30
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Language
- EN
- Artist
- Randy Vargas
- Released
- 2026-01-23
- Prices
- €0.15 · $0.21
Price history
The trend shows with at least 7 days of history.
- Cardmarket, trend
- CardTrader, Near Mint minimum (EN)
The history starts on October 28, 2026 and grows every day.
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| Date | Cardmarket, trend | CardTrader, Near Mint minimum (EN) |
|---|---|---|
| October 29, 2026 | €0.15 | €0.11 |
| October 28, 2026 | €0.16 | €0.11 |
Prices
| Source | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Cardmarket | low – trend €0.15 30-day avg €0.13 | low – trend €0.22 30-day avg €0.23 |
| CardTrader (EN) | NM from €0.11 with Zero from €0.14 | NM from €0.11 with Zero from €0.15 |
| CardTrader (any language) | NM from €0.11 | NM from €0.11 |
Cardmarket updated Oct 31, 2026 · CardTrader updated Oct 31, 2026
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Legality
- standard Legal
- pioneer Legal
- modern Legal
- legacy Legal
- vintage Legal
- commander Legal
- pauper Not legal
- alchemy Legal
- brawl Legal
- competitivebrawl Legal
- duel Legal
- future Legal
- gladiator Legal
- historic Legal
- oathbreaker Legal
- oldschool Not legal
- paupercommander Not legal
- penny Not legal
- predh Not legal
- premodern Not legal
- standardbrawl Legal
- timeless Legal
- tlr Legal
Rulings
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Once you've announced that you're casting a spell or activating an ability, players can't take actions until you've finished doing so. Notably, opponents can't try to destroy or otherwise remove your creatures to stop you from blighting as part of paying the cost of that spell or ability.
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If a creature that has +1/+1 counters on it receives enough -1/-1 counters to cause it to be destroyed by lethal damage or put into its owner's graveyard for having 0 or less toughness, effects that refer to the counters on that creature when it died will see all of those +1/+1 and -1/-1 counters.
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If a creature has +1/+1 counters and -1/-1 counters on it, state-based actions remove the same number of each so that it has only one kind of those counters on it. For example, if a creature has three +1/+1 counters on it and two -1/-1 counters are put on it, state-based actions will remove two of each of those kinds of counters, leaving the creature with just one +1/+1 counter.
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All of the -1/-1 counters must be put on a single creature. You can't choose to split them up between multiple creatures.
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If you can't place -1/-1 counters on any creatures you control (probably because you control no creatures), you can't choose to blight.
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The creature you choose to put -1/-1 counters on doesn't have to have enough toughness to survive the process. For example, if you blight 2, you can choose to put the counters on a 1/1 creature you control.