Everlasting Torment

Format legality

Where you can play Everlasting Torment in sanctioned and popular formats.

All printings (3)

Prices range from $0.26 to $100.00 across finishes. Cheapest printing: Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander at $0.26.

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Rulings

Official rulings from Wizards of the Coast (8).

• 2008-05-01Effects that replace an event with gaining life (like Words of Worship's effect does) will end up replacing the event with nothing.
• 2008-05-01Effects that would replace gaining life with some other effect won't be able to do anything because it's impossible for players to gain life.
• 2008-05-01The "damage can't be prevented" statement overrides all forms of preventing damage, including protection abilities. Damage prevention spells and abilities can still be cast and played; they just don't do anything.
• 2008-05-01Spells and abilities that would normally cause a player to gain life still resolve, but the life-gain part simply has no effect.
• 2008-05-01If an effect says to set your life total to a certain number, and that number is higher than your current life total, that effect will normally cause you to gain life equal to the difference. With Everlasting Torment on the battlefield, that part of the effect won't do anything. (If the number is lower than your current life total, the effect will work as normal.)
• 2008-05-01Spells and abilities that replace or redirect damage aren't affected by Everlasting Torment's second ability. They'll work as normal.
• 2008-05-01If a cost includes life gain (like Invigorate's alternative cost does), that cost can't be paid.
• 2008-05-01The last ability affects all damage, whether it's dealt by creatures, other permanents, spells, or cards that aren't on the battlefield. Wither works everywhere.

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