Pyrrhic Strike
~$0.21 low · ~$0.23 high
White. Instant
Lorwyn Eclipsed #30 · Illustrated by Randy Vargas
Lorwyn Eclipsed #30 · Illustrated by Randy VargasWhat is Pyrrhic Strike worth?
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Oracle text
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.
Format legality
The only printing of Pyrrhic Strike
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Lorwyn Eclipsed ecl #30· 2026uncommon· Cardmarket €0.10 · €0.19 foil | uncommon | $0.21 | $0.23 | €0.10€0.19 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2026
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 3
- EDHREC rank
- #17,159 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Blight
- Artist
- Randy Vargas
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Lorwyn Eclipsed card (#30).
0030 · ECL · U · EN
- 0030Collector number: this card's place in the set list.
- ECLSet code for Lorwyn Eclipsed
- UUncommon
- ENPrinted in English
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Rulings (6)
2025-11-17
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.
2025-11-17
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.
2025-11-17
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.
2025-11-17
All of the -1/-1 counters must be put on a single creature. You can't choose to split them up between multiple creatures.
2025-11-17
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.
2025-11-17
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.
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