Skewer the Critics SLD

Card

id	90187
artist	Yuko Shimizu
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availability	paper
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borderColor	borderless
colorIdentity	R
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colors	R
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edhrecSaltiness	0.08
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finishes	foil
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flavorText	Her encore left the judges running for the door.
frameEffects	inverted
frameVersion	2015
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hasNonFoil	0
isAlternative	1
isFullArt	1
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isReprint	1
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keywords	Spectacle
language	English
layout	normal
leadershipSkills
life
loyalty
manaCost	{2}{R}
manaValue	3
name	Skewer the Critics
number	2056
originalPrintings
originalReleaseDate	2025-04-28
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printings	OTP, PLST, RNA, RVR, SLD
promoTypes	raisedfoil
rarity	rare
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securityStamp	oval
setCode	SLD
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subsets	Secret Lair Bonus cards
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text	Spectacle {R} (You may cast this spell for its spectacle cost rather than its mana cost if an opponent lost life this turn.) Skewer the Critics deals 3 damage to any target.
toughness
type	Sorcery
types	Sorcery
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setName	Secret Lair Drop

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2024-01-12	A card's spectacle cost is the same no matter how much life your opponents lost or how many opponents lost life.
2024-01-12	Damage dealt to a player causes that player to lose that much life.
2024-01-12	In a multiplayer game, if an opponent loses life and later that turn leaves the game, you can cast a spell for its spectacle cost. (If a player leaves the game during their turn, that turn continues without an active player.)
2024-01-12	Spectacle cares only that an opponent lost life during the turn, not that the opponent's life total is currently lower than it was. For example, if an opponent loses 1 life and then gains 2 life in the same turn, you can cast a spell for its spectacle cost that turn.
2024-01-12	Spectacle doesn't change when you can cast the spell. For example, you can't cast a sorcery with spectacle during an opponent's turn unless another effect allows you to do so, even if that player has lost life this turn.
2024-01-12	To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as a spectacle cost), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.