Puncturing Blow
Hour of Devastation 106 • common
- Set
- Hour of Devastation
- Collector number
- 106
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana red mana red mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Eric Deschamps
- Market price
- $0.03
What it does
Puncturing Blow deals 5 damage to target creature. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.
"Neither the false God-Pharaoh nor his bugs will decide our fate."— Samut, former Tah-crop initiate
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Puncturing Blow was released in 2017 as part of the Hour of Devastation set for Magic: The Gathering. Set on the desert plane of Amonkhet, the card was designed to reflect the destructive, high-stakes nature of the set's narrative, where the dragon god Nicol Bolas arrives to dismantle the society he helped build. The card serves as a thematic piece of red-aligned removal, intended to illustrate the raw, piercing power of the plane's collapsing order.
The artwork, illustrated by Magali Villeneuve, captures the visceral intensity of the spell as it strikes an opponent. Villeneuve is a prominent artist within the game’s ecosystem, known for her ability to convey motion and impact through dramatic lighting and dynamic compositions. Upon its release, the card was well-received by players for its efficiency in Limited formats, providing a necessary, albeit costly, answer to resilient creatures during a volatile period of competitive play.
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