Distract the Hydra

Sorcery

Each player may a creature. Each player who sacrificed a creature this way chooses a Head and taps it. Each player who didn't a creature loses 3 life.

$0.43

Commander: Not legalModern: Not legal

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Published revision
482a4a8d-910a-4262-8142-5f79ac2d4159
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unsupported Extraction abilities-3

Incomplete card classification: unmodeled effect: Each player may sacrifice a creature; unmodeled effect: Each player who sacrificed a creature this way chooses a Head and taps it; unmodeled effect: Each player who didn't sacrifice a creature loses 3 life.

Ability 1

spellunsupported

Each player may sacrifice a creature. Each player who sacrificed a creature this way chooses a Head and taps it. Each player who didn't sacrifice a creature loses 3 life.

Active zone
stack
Trigger
Unavailable
Cost
No recorded activation cost.
Requirements
All of: Unsupported condition: unmodeled effect: Each player may sacrifice a creature; unmodeled effect: Each player who sacrificed a creature this way chooses a Head and taps it; unmodeled effect: Each player who didn't sacrifice a creature loses 3 life.
Source span
0–170

Functional categories

Effects

No effect records were extracted.

Incomplete: unmodeled effect: Each player may sacrifice a creature; unmodeled effect: Each player who sacrificed a creature this way chooses a Head and taps it; unmodeled effect: Each player who didn't sacrifice a creature loses 3 life.

Source evidence
Source
oracle
Revision
dcaead0b69f880b0da6f00476151df9ed8ae5a55c83bf8fba004233d40edd099
Rule
abilities-3
Confidence
Not calibrated

Each player may sacrifice a creature. Each player who sacrificed a creature this way chooses a Head and taps it. Each player who didn't sacrifice a creature loses 3 life.

Ability 2

castunsupported

Cast Distract the Hydra

Active zone
hand
Trigger
Unavailable
Cost
No recorded activation cost.
Requirements
All of: timing: sorcery; Unsupported condition: no ordinary mana cost
Source span
0–0

No functional category evidence is published for this ability.

Effects

cast · immediate

No additional explicit requirement.

  • produces noncreature_cast · self spell · amount 1 · hand → stack
    No additional explicit requirement.

Incomplete: no ordinary mana cost

Source evidence
Source
scryfall
Revision
dcaead0b69f880b0da6f00476151df9ed8ae5a55c83bf8fba004233d40edd099
Rule
card-type-cast-event
Confidence
Not calibrated

Sorcery

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Printings
SetLanguageCollectorReleasedRarityPrice
Face the Hydraen72013-10-19common$0.43