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Pestilent Spirit

Pestilent Spirit

{2}{B}

Creature — Spirit

Menace, deathtouch

Instant and sorcery spells you control have deathtouch. (Any amount of damage they deal to a creature is enough to destroy it.)

Its stench corrodes steel. Its miasma sickens angels. Its finality ends hope.

3/2

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Legality

LegalCommanderNot legalStandardLegalModernNot legalPremodernLegalLegacyLegalVintageLegalBrawlLegalPioneer
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Rulings

Jan 25, 2019

An instant or sorcery spell must actually deal damage to a creature for it to be destroyed. Simply targeting a creature isn’t enough. If the spell instructs another object to deal damage, the spell doesn’t deal any damage itself and its instance of deathtouch doesn’t apply. Dealing 0 damage isn’t dealing damage.