Fervent Paincaster
~$0.06 low · ~$0.32 high
Red. Creature — Human Wizard
Hour of Devastation #91 · Illustrated by Matt Stewart
Hour of Devastation #91 · Illustrated by Matt StewartWhat is Fervent Paincaster worth?
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Oracle text
: This creature deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker.
, Exert this creature: It deals 1 damage to target creature. (An exerted creature won't untap during your next untap step.)
3/1
"Everyone here is a honed fighter. We'll respond the only way we know how."
Format legality
The only printing of Fervent Paincaster
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Hour of Devastation hou #91· 2017uncommon· Cardmarket €0.08 · €0.31 foil | uncommon | $0.06 | $0.32 | €0.08€0.31 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2017
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 3
- EDHREC rank
- #25,867 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Exert
- Artist
- Matt Stewart
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Hour of Devastation card (#91).
091 · HOU · U · EN
- 091Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- HOUSet code for Hour of Devastation
- UUncommon
- ENPrinted in English
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Card breakdown
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- Art and type line
- Text box
- Bottom: stats and the info line
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Top: name and cost
Art and type line
Text box
Bottom: stats and the info line
Also on this card
- Flavor text
- Italic story text below the rules. It has no effect on the game, and it can differ between printings.
Keywords
- ExertCR 701.43
- Defined in the Comprehensive Rules at the rule above.
Rule numbers from the Magic Comprehensive Rules, version of September 25, 2026.
Rulings (4)
2017-04-18
If you gain control of another player's creature until end of turn and exert it, it will untap during that player's untap step.
2017-04-18
If an exerted creature is already untapped during your next untap step (most likely because it had vigilance or an effect untapped it), exert's effect preventing it from untapping expires without having done anything.
2017-04-18
You can't exert a creature unless an effect allows you to do so. Similar effects that "tap and freeze" a creature (such as that of Decision Paralysis) don't exert that creature.
2017-07-14
Some cards in the Hour of Devastation set let you exert a creature as a cost to activate one of its abilities. You can exert it to pay that cost even if you've already exerted it earlier in the turn. Exerting it multiple times will keep it tapped only during your next untap step.
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