Everlasting Torment
Everlasting Torment: Enchantment, Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander. Players can't gain life. Damage can't be prevented. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{B/R}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colour identity
- Black and red (BR)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC)
- Released
- 2026-01-23
- Collector number
- 121
- Artist
- Richard Kane Ferguson
- Commander rank
- 5,516 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Everlasting Torment
Everlasting Torment is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black and red enchantment from Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC), a Commander product released in January 2026. It is collector number 121 in that set, with art by Richard Kane Ferguson. It costs {2}{B/R} to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is black and red. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Shadowmoor (2008) to Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.33 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Players can't gain life.
Damage can't be prevented.
All damage is dealt as though its source had wither. (A source with wither deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters.)
When night fell, the plane itself was scarred.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.33 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Everlasting Torment by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Everlasting Torment
Everlasting Torment has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Commander 2016 (C16) #233 | Rare | 2016 |
| Shadowmoor (SHM) #186 | Rare | 2008 |
Official rulings
The 8 most recent official rulings for Everlasting Torment, newest first.
- If a cost includes life gain (like Invigorate's alternative cost does), that cost can't be paid.
- Effects 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.
- Spells and abilities that replace or redirect damage aren't affected by Everlasting Torment's second ability. They'll work as normal.
- The 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.
- If 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.)
- Effects that replace an event with gaining life (like Words of Worship's effect does) will end up replacing the event with nothing.
- The "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.
- Spells and abilities that would normally cause a player to gain life still resolve, but the life-gain part simply has no effect.
Similar cards
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In these precons
Everlasting Torment is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.