Diabolic Intent

Diabolic Intent {1}{B}

Sorcery
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.
"Alas for Saruman! The palantir was his downfall, I now perceive. Perilous to us all are the devices of an art deeper than we possess ourselves."
—Gandalf
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Legalities
Rulings
  • 2004-10-04 You must choose a card if there are any in your library.
  • 2013-04-15 Players can only respond once this spell has been cast and all its costs have been paid. No one can try to destroy the creature you sacrificed to prevent you from casting this spell.
  • 2013-04-15 You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast this spell; you cannot cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you cannot sacrifice additional creatures.
  • 2022-10-14 Players can only respond once this spell has been cast and all its costs have been paid. No one can try to destroy the creature you sacrificed to prevent you from casting this spell.
  • 2022-10-14 You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast this spell; you cannot cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you cannot sacrifice additional creatures.
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Foreign names
  • 恶魔意图
  • Teuflischer Vorsatz
  • Diabolique dessein
  • Intento Diabolico
  • 悪魔の意図
  • Intento Diabólico
  • Intención Diabólica