Life // Death
Sorcery // Sorcery
Life // Death
Sorcery // Sorcery
Card Text
Life
Sorcery
All lands you control become 1/1 creatures until end of turn. They're still lands.
Death
Sorcery
Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. You lose life equal to its mana value.
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 3
- Colors
- Black, Green
- Color Identity
- Black, Green
- EDHREC Rank
- #5,639
Format Legalities
Market Prices
Prices from TCGPlayer and Cardmarket
Price History (30d)
All Printings (12)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arena Anthology 2 (AA2) | #17 | uncommon | en | Anthony S. Waters & Scott Murphy | β | β |
| Dominaria Remastered (DMR) | #216 | uncommon | en | Anthony S. Waters & Scott Murphy | $0.32 | $0.35 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) | #32591 | uncommon | en | Anthony S. Waters & Edward P. Beard, Jr. | β | β |
| Duel Decks: Izzet vs. Golgari (DDJ) | #77 | uncommon | en | Ryan Barger | $0.50 | β |
| Friday Night Magic 2006 (F06) | #11a | rare | en | Anthony S. Waters & Edward P. Beard, Jr. | β | $10.25 |
| Apocalypse (APC) | #130 | uncommon | en | Anthony S. Waters & Edward P. Beard, Jr. | $1.46 | $28.57 |
| Apocalypse (APC) | #130 | uncommon | es | Anthony S. Waters & Edward P. Beard, Jr. | β | β |
| Duel Decks: Izzet vs. Golgari (DDJ) | #77 | uncommon | ja | Ryan Barger | β | β |
| Apocalypse (APC) | #130 | uncommon | ja | Anthony S. Waters & Edward P. Beard, Jr. | β | β |
| Apocalypse (APC) | #130 | uncommon | pt | Anthony S. Waters & Edward P. Beard, Jr. | β | β |
| Apocalypse (APC) | #130 | uncommon | zhs | Anthony S. Waters & Edward P. Beard, Jr. | β | β |
| Apocalypse (APC) | #130 | uncommon | zht | Anthony S. Waters & Edward P. Beard, Jr. | β | β |
Official Rulings (9)
Each split card is a single card. For example, if you discard a split card, you've discarded one card, not two. If an effect counts the number of sorcery cards in your graveyard, Assault // Battery counts once, not twice.
Lands that become creatures retain any other supertypes, card types, subtypes, and abilities they have.
If an effect allows you to cast a spell with certain characteristics, consider only the characteristics of the half you're casting. For example, if an effect allows you to cast a sorcery spell with mana value 2 or less from among cards in your graveyard, you could cast Assault this way, but not Battery.
A split card's characteristics are a combination of its two halves while it is not on the stack. For example, Assault // Battery has a mana value of 5 while it is in your library. If an effect allows you to search your library for a card with mana value 4 or less, you can't find Assault // Battery.
Each split card has two names. If an effect instructs you to choose a card name, you may choose one of those names, but not both.
To cast a split card, choose one of its halves to cast. There's no way to cast both halves of this split card.
Split cards have two card faces on a single card. The characteristics of the half you didn't cast are ignored while the spell is on the stack.
A noncreature permanent that becomes a creature can attack, and its {T} abilities can be activated, only if its controller has continuously controlled that permanent since the beginning of their most recent turn. It doesn't matter how long the permanent has been a creature. Notably, if you turn a land into a creature on the turn it entered the battlefield, you won't be able to tap it for mana.
If you copy a spell that's half of a split card, the copy copies that same half. For example, if you copy Assault, the copy is also Assault, not Battery.
Card Faces
Life
Sorcery
All lands you control become 1/1 creatures until end of turn. They're still lands.
Death
Sorcery
Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. You lose life equal to its mana value.
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