Magic: The Gathering

Castigate

Guildpact 106 • common

Set: Guildpact
Collector number: 106
Rarity: Common
Mana cost: white mana black mana
Type: Sorcery
Colors: Black · White
Artist: Darrell Riche
Market price: $0.17

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What it's worth

$0.17market price via TCGplayer · Aug 20, 2026$0.17 – $0.20 over the tracked period

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Lore

Why it matters

As a common sorcery from this set, this card serves as a fundamental utility piece that allows players to exert control over an opponent's resources. Its inclusion in the collection highlights the essential, functional cards that underpin the strategic landscape of the game.

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Card face

What it does

Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it and exile that card.

"We have no need for military might. We wield two of the sharpest swords ever forged: Faith in our left hand, Wealth in our right."— Vuliev of the Ghost Council

Formats

Where you can play it

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
PauperLegal
BrawlNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
OathbreakerLegal

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Provenance

Where it came from

Castigate was released in early 2006 as part of the Guildpact expansion, the second set in the Ravnica: City of Guilds block. Developed by Wizards of the Coast for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game, this sorcery was designed to mechanically reflect the Orzhov Syndicate, one of the primary guilds featured in the set. Its ability to look at an opponent's hand and exile a card captures the theme of bureaucratic control and oppressive judgment central to the Orzhov's aesthetic and mechanical identity.

The card’s visual identity was rendered by artist Darrell Riche, who utilized a stark, high-contrast style typical of the Ravnica block's art direction. Riche focused on capturing the authoritative, liturgical tone of the Syndicate, depicting a moment of targeted removal that felt both ritualistic and punitive. Upon its release, the card was widely utilized in both casual and competitive formats as an efficient tool for hand disruption, noted for its effectiveness in removing key threats before they could be cast.

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