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Hired Torturer

two generic manaone black manaCreature — Human RoguePower and toughness2/3

Card text

Defender

three generic manaone black mana, tap this permanent: Target opponent loses 2 life, then reveals a card at random from their hand.

"Follow your passion, I always say. Might as well get paid to do what you love."

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Price

0.06 $

Foil 0.19 $

11 printings

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Hired Torturer rulings

  • The card stops being revealed after Hired Torturer’s ability resolves.

  • You can choose an opponent with no cards in hand as the target of Hired Torturer’s ability. If the target opponent has no cards in hand when the ability resolves, that player will just lose 2 life.

  • Each card in the opponent’s hand has an equal chance of being revealed, even if it was previously revealed because of Hired Torturer’s ability.

Hired Torturer keyword rules

Defender Rule 702.3

Defender is a static ability.

A creature with defender can’t attack.

Multiple instances of defender on the same creature are redundant.

Hired Torturer format legality

Constructed

  • StandardNot legal
  • PioneerLegal
  • ModernLegal
  • Future StandardNot legal

Eternal

  • LegacyLegal
  • VintageLegal
  • PauperLegal
  • PremodernNot legal
  • Old SchoolNot legal
  • Penny DreadfulLegal

Commander

  • CommanderLegal
  • OathbreakerLegal
  • Pauper CommanderLegal
  • Duel CommanderLegal
  • PreDHNot legal

Arena & online

  • HistoricNot legal
  • TimelessNot legal
  • AlchemyNot legal
  • GladiatorNot legal
  • BrawlNot legal
  • Standard BrawlNot legal
  • Competitive BrawlNot legal

Other

  • TLRLegal

All printings of Hired Torturer 11

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