Tyrant's Choice

Vintage Masters (VMA) #143 · Common · Sorcery

Mana cost: {1}{B}

Will of the council — Starting with you, each player votes for death or torture. If death gets more votes, each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice. If torture gets more votes or the vote is tied, each opponent loses 4 life.

Illustrated by Daarken · Released June 16, 2014

Printings

  1. Vintage Masters #143 (this printing) · Common · 2014
  2. Conspiracy #30 (CNS) · Common · 2014 · $1.00 USD

Legality

Rulings

  1. 2014-05-29 · wotc — You must vote for one of the available options. You can't abstain.
  2. 2014-05-29 · wotc — Because the votes are cast in turn order, each player will know the votes of players who voted beforehand.
  3. 2014-05-29 · wotc — Players can't do anything after they finish voting but before the spell or ability that included the vote finishes resolving.
  4. 2014-05-29 · wotc — No player votes until the spell or ability resolves. Any responses to that spell or ability must be made without knowing the outcome of the vote.
  5. 2014-05-29 · wotc — The phrase "the vote is tied" refers only to when there is more than one choice that received the most votes. For example, if a 5-player vote from among three different choices ends 3 votes to 1 vote to 1 vote, the vote isn't tied.
  6. 2014-05-29 · wotc — If death gets more votes, each opponent chooses and sacrifices a creature they control. None of these creatures are targeted. An opponent could sacrifice a creature with protection from black, for example.

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