TYPE
Sorcery — Arcane

ABILITY
Target opponent chooses a number. You may have that player lose that much life. If you don't, that player sacrifices all but that many permanents.

FLAVOR TEXT
"Life is a series of choices between bad and worse." —Toshiro Umezawa

ILLUSTRATOR
Tim Hildebrandt

LEGALITIES
Standard Future Historic Timeless Gladiator Pioneer Explorer Modern Legacy Pauper Vintage Penny Commander Oathbreaker Standardbrawl Brawl Alchemy Paupercommander Duel Oldschool Premodern Predh

LANGUAGES
DE EN ES FR IT JP PT ZH-CN

RULINGS

• 2005-06-01 After the opponent chooses a number, Choice of Damnations’ controller may choose to make that opponent either lose that much life or make that opponent sacrifice permanents.
• 2005-06-01 If the opponent must sacrifice all but a number of permanents, that opponent chooses that many permanents and then sacrifices the rest. If the number chosen is greater than the number of permanents the opponent controls, the player sacrifices nothing.