Torment of Hailfire
Torment of Hailfire: Sorcery, Hour of Devastation. Repeat the following process X times. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {X}{B}{B}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Hour of Devastation (HOU)
- Released
- 2017-07-14
- Collector number
- 77
- Artist
- Grzegorz Rutkowski
- Commander rank
- 619 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Torment of Hailfire
Torment of Hailfire is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black sorcery from Hour of Devastation (HOU), an expansion set released in July 2017. It is collector number 77 in that set, with art by Grzegorz Rutkowski. It costs {X}{B}{B} (X and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Hour of Devastation (2017) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $32.32 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Repeat the following process X times. Each opponent loses 3 life unless that player sacrifices a nonland permanent of their choice or discards a card.
"Your God-Pharaoh has returned."
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $32.32 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Torment of Hailfire by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Torment of Hailfire
Torment of Hailfire has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2287 | Rare | 2025 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #9992 | Rare | 2024 |
| Hour of Devastation Promos (PHOU) #77p | Rare | 2021 |
| Amonkhet Remastered (AKR) #128 | Rare | 2020 |
| The List (PLST) #HOU-77 | Rare | 2019 |
| Hour of Devastation Promos (PHOU) #77s | Rare | 2017 |
Official rulings
Six official rulings apply to Torment of Hailfire, newest first.
- State-based actions aren’t checked in between repetitions of this process, so the game state may be a little unusual while making the choice. For example, a player may sacrifice a creature and then later sacrifice an Aura that was attached to that creature.
- If X is 0, Torment of Hailfire resolves with no effect.
- In a multiplayer game, each opponent in turn order makes their choice once, then all of the actions occur simultaneously, then they repeat this process if it hasn’t been done X times yet. Opponents will know choices made by earlier opponents when making their choices, although a card chosen to be discarded this way isn’t revealed until it’s discarded.
- Each repetition through this process is done separately. If an opponent sacrifices a creature with an ability that triggers when another creature dies, for example, it will see creatures that are sacrificed before it, but not those are sacrificed after it.
- In a Two-Headed Giant game, Torment of Hailfire causes both opponents to sacrifice a nonland permanent, discard a card, or lose 3 life X times. Your opponents can choose the same torment or different ones each time.
- While resolving Torment of Hailfire, your opponent chooses a card to be discarded without revealing it, chooses a nonland permanent to be sacrificed, or chooses to do neither. Then that player discards that card, sacrifices that permanent, or loses 3 life, then repeats this process if it hasn’t been done X times yet. Your opponent can always choose to lose 3 life, even if they have cards to discard or nonland permanents to sacrifice.
Similar cards
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