Excruciator
~$0.29 low · ~$0.50 high
Red. Creature — Avatar
Ravnica: City of Guilds #121 · Illustrated by Paolo Parente
Ravnica: City of Guilds #121 · Illustrated by Paolo ParenteWhat is Excruciator worth?
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Oracle text
Damage that would be dealt by this creature can't be prevented.
7/7
"Though used as a piercing weapon, the tusk is more akin to a stinger, spreading pain instantly throughout the body of its victim. This specimen deserves further study." —Simic research notes
Format legality
The only printing of Excruciator
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ravnica: City of Guilds rav #121· 2005rare· Cardmarket €0.27 · €0.64 foil | rare | $0.29 | $0.50 | €0.27€0.64 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2005
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 8
- EDHREC rank
- #29,174 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Artist
- Paolo Parente
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Ravnica: City of Guilds card (#121).
121
- 121Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
Cards from 1998 to mid-2014 print the collector number over the set's card count (like 90/383) next to the copyright line. They have no rarity letter, set code or language code: the set symbol and its colour show the set and rarity.
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Card breakdown
The parts of Excruciator, read from the Ravnica: City of Guilds printing. How to read any Magic card.
- Name
- Excruciator. Rules use the English name in every language.
- Mana cost
- Mana value 8: the total mana in the cost, colors ignored.
- Type line
- Creature is the card type. Avatar is the subtype, after the dash.
- Text box
- What the card does.
- Flavor text
- Italic story text below the rules. It has no effect on the game, and it can differ between printings.
- Power / toughness
- 7/7: power is the combat damage it deals; toughness is how much damage destroys it.
- Illustration
- By Paolo Parente. The art has no effect on the game.
- Set symbol
- Ravnica: City of Guilds. Gold means rare.
- Collector number
- 121 = collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- Artist
- Paolo Parente, after the paintbrush.
- Copyright
- Wizards of the Coast's copyright notice, with the year.
Rulings (5)
2005-10-01
Replacement effects that don’t use the word “prevent” can replace Excruciator’s damage with something else. See Phytohydra and Szadek, Lord of Secrets, for example.
2005-10-01
An effect may redirect Excruciator’s damage.
2005-10-01
Excruciator can deal damage to creatures with protection from red. (It can’t block creatures with protection from red, though.)
2005-10-01
A creature dealt lethal damage by Excruciator can be regenerated.
2005-10-01
Damage prevention shields that would prevent this damage aren’t used up and they stick around for the next time something would deal damage.
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