Coward // Killer

Coward // Killer card image

Coward // Killer: Sorcery, Doctor Who. MTG card details, printings, market prices, official rulings, and format legality, all in one place on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{R}
Mana value
6
Type
Sorcery
Colour identity
Red (R)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Doctor Who (WHO)
Released
2023-10-13
Collector number
77
Artist
Bartek Fedyczak
Commander rank
15,222 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Time Travel

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About Coward // Killer

Coward // Killer is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red sorcery from Doctor Who (WHO), a Commander product released in October 2023. It is collector number 77 in that set, with art by Bartek Fedyczak. It costs {1}{R} (one generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Doctor Who is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.27 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Target creature can't block this turn and becomes a Coward in addition to its other types until end of turn.

Time travel.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.27 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Coward // Killer by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Coward // Killer

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Doctor Who (WHO) #682Rare2023

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Coward // Killer, newest first.

  • Time counters are usually found on cards with suspend and vanishing, but may be found on other cards as well. Notably, Sagas use lore counters to track their progress, not time counters. You can't move a Saga's chapters forward and backward this way.
  • To time travel, look at each permanent you control with a time counter on it and each suspended card you own in exile with a time counter on it. For each of them, you choose whether you want to put a time counter on that card or permanent, remove a time counter from it, or do neither. Then those changes all happen simultaneously.
  • If the target of Killer is illegal as the spell tries to resolve, it won't deal damage to any creatures.

Similar cards

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