Sephiroth's Intervention
Sephiroth's Intervention: Instant, Final Fantasy. Destroy target creature. You gain 2 life. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{B}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Final Fantasy (FIN)
- Released
- 2025-06-13
- Collector number
- 116
- Artist
- Joshua Raphael
- Commander rank
- 6,729 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Sephiroth's Intervention
Sephiroth's Intervention is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common black instant from Final Fantasy (FIN), an expansion set released in June 2025. It is collector number 116 in that set, with art by Joshua Raphael. It costs {3}{B} (three generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy and Gladiator. Final Fantasy is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.19 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Destroy target creature. You gain 2 life.
"Fate is not to be taken lightly, Cloud."
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.19 (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 Sephiroth's Intervention by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Alchemy | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Sephiroth's Intervention.
- If the target creature is an illegal target as Sephiroth's Intervention tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won't gain life.
Similar cards
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