Repay in Kind
Repay in Kind: Sorcery, Rise of the Eldrazi. Each player's life total becomes the lowest life total among all players. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {5}{B}{B}
- Mana value
- 7
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Rise of the Eldrazi (ROE)
- Released
- 2010-04-23
- Collector number
- 125
- Artist
- Vance Kovacs
- Commander rank
- 7,715 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Repay in Kind
Repay in Kind is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black sorcery from Rise of the Eldrazi (ROE), an expansion set released in April 2010. It is collector number 125 in that set, with art by Vance Kovacs. It costs {5}{B}{B} (five generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 7. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Rise of the Eldrazi (2010) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $3.95 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Each player's life total becomes the lowest life total among all players.
Sorin has gathered grudges for centuries, patiently awaiting the day he can exact the perfect vengeance.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $3.95 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Repay in Kind 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 Repay in Kind
Repay in Kind has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #ROE-125 | Rare | 2022 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Repay in Kind, newest first.
- For a player’s life total to become a certain number that’s lower than their current life total, what actually happens is that the player loses the appropriate amount of life. For example, if the lowest life total in the game is 5 and another player has 12 life, Repay in Kind will cause that player to lose 7 life. Abilities that interact with life loss will interact with this effect accordingly.
- In a Two-Headed Giant game, anything that cares about a player’s life total checks the life total of that player’s team. In addition, if an effect would cause the life total of each member of a team to become a certain number, that team chooses one of its members. On that team, only that player is affected, then the life total change is applied to the entire team. For example, if one team has 13 life and another team has 21 life, the team with the higher life total chooses one of its members and Repay in Kind causes that player to lose 8 life, thus causing that team’s life total to also be 13.
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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