Nightmare's Thirst

Nightmare's Thirst {B}

Instant
You gain 1 life. Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.
That feeling of something on your chest is usually sleep paralysis. Occasionally, it's something else.
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Legalities
Rulings
  • 2018-07-13 If the target creature is an illegal target when Nightmare's Thirst tries to resolve, the spell doesn't resolve. You won't gain 1 life.
  • 2018-07-13 Nightmare's Thirst counts how much life you've gained this turn, not how much your life total changed. For example, if you've gained 5 life and lost 8 before Nightmare's Thirst resolves, Nightmare's Thirst has you gain 1 more life, then it gives the target creature -6/-6.
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Printings
  • Core Set 2019 (uncommon)

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Foreign names
  • 梦魇饥渴
  • 夢魘飢渴
  • Albtraumhaftes Verlangen
  • Soif du cauchemar
  • Sete dell'Incubo
  • 悪夢の渇望
  • 나이트메어의 갈증
  • Sede do Pesadelo
  • Жажда Кошмара
  • Sed de la pesadilla