Hellish Rebuke

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Hellish Rebuke: Instant, Forgotten Realms Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{B}
Mana value
3
Type
Instant
Colour identity
Black (B)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC)
Released
2021-07-23
Collector number
26
Artist
Heonhwa
Commander rank
6,789 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Hellish Rebuke

Hellish Rebuke is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black instant from Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC), a Commander product released in July 2021. It is collector number 26 in that set, with art by Heonhwa. It costs {2}{B} (two generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 2 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $4.57 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Until end of turn, permanents your opponents control gain "When this permanent deals damage to the player who cast Hellish Rebuke, sacrifice this permanent. You lose 2 life."

"Then we burn together!"

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $4.57 (as of 2026-11-11).

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

Format legality

Legality of Hellish Rebuke by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Hellish Rebuke

Hellish Rebuke has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #7171Rare2026
Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) #295Rare2021

Official rulings

Five official rulings apply to Hellish Rebuke, newest first.

  • If a spell or ability causes another player to gain control of Hellish Rebuke while it is on the stack, permanents controlled by the opponents of that player will gain the ability (probably including permanents you control). However, you're still the player that cast Hellish Rebuke, so the ability will trigger whenever one of those permanents deals damage to you, not the player who controlled Hellish Rebuke as it resolved.
  • Copies of Hellish Rebuke that weren't cast will give opponents permanents the ability, but that ability won't do anything because no player cast that copy of Hellish Rebuke.
  • When the triggered ability that Hellish Rebuke grants permanents resolves, if that permanent's controller can't sacrifice it, they will still lose 2 life. Similarly, if they can't lose life, they will still sacrifice the permanent.
  • If more than one player casts Hellish Rebuke in a turn, some permanents will gain multiple instances of the triggered ability that refer to different players. Each will trigger only for the player who cast the Hellish Rebuke that granted it the ability.
  • If a player casts more than one Hellish Rebuke in a turn, permanents will gain multiple instances of the triggered ability. Each will trigger and resolve separately. For instance, if you cast Hellish Rebuke twice, each permanent which damaged you will cause its controller to lose 4 life.

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