Snap Judgment
Mana Cost:
Type: Instant
Oracle Text:
The player who wins this game also wins the match. (A player may concede the game at any time. If the game ends while this spell is on the stack, it never resolves.)
Cycling {1}
Power/Toughness: -/-
Rarity: rare
Prints: View all prints (1) →
Expansion: Mystery Booster 2
Price ( USD): $0.19
USD: $0.19
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Character Background
Snap Judgment is a weird, theatrical finish for red decks: it doesn't win you the current game, it converts a game win into the whole match, so its real home is in decks that regularly create inevitability—combo lists that can assemble a one‑turn kill or control/lock decks that produce an unavoidable board state. Practical play: don’t hurl it as a bluff; cast it when your win is locked in and the opponent has no meaningful outs, because if the game ends while the spell is still on the stack it simply fizzles. Its cycling {1} makes it low-risk sideboard tech—if the match situation makes the card impractical you can turn it into a fresh draw. Deckbuilding tip: slot it into red combo or tempo shells that already run cycling or card‑selection and that can create a clean window to resolve an instant—this gives you a match‑sealing option without clogging your opener. Thematically it reads like a sudden, courtroom‑final hammer: flashy, high variance, and best used when victory is already inevitable.
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