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CardName: The Harder They Fall Cost: 3BB Type: Sorcery Pow/Tgh: / Rules Text: Destroy each creature with power greater than its base power. Its controller loses life equal to the difference. Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: [Assorted] Card Repository Rare

The Harder They Fall
{3}{b}{b}
 
 R 
Sorcery
Destroy each creature with power greater than its base power. Its controller loses life equal to the difference.
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Updated on 01 Jul 2020 by SecretInfiltrator

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2020-06-30 18:06:28: SecretInfiltrator created and commented on the card The Harder They Fall
on 30 Jun 2020 by dude1818:

"For each creature destroyed this way, its controller..."

The change in tense is jarring

on 30 Jun 2020 by SecretInfiltrator:

Is it bad this causes life loss even for creatures with indestructible?

Tense?

on 30 Jun 2020 by dude1818:

I don't think it's terrible, but it's unintuitive. I just meant that you go from talking about "each creature" to "its controller," which doesn't make sense as written

on 30 Jun 2020 by Vitenka:

Maybe swap the order around? "Each creature with power greater than normal deals the difference to its controller, then dies."

on 01 Jul 2020 by Alex:

This current wording doesn't work (and obviously V's doesn't either - "dies" is not an instruction you can make a creature do). dude1818's wording is how an editor would put it.

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