Collective Brutality — Efficient Pain, Flexible Answers
Collective Brutality from Innistrad Remastered is a compact, high impact sorcery that rewards tight sequencing and careful hand management. For {1}{B} you get access to three modular modes and the escalate mechanic, so discarding a card turns this into a multi purpose tool. Use it to strip a key instant or sorcery from an opponent, finish off a slippery creature with negative two minus two, or stabilize a race with two life swung back to you. The foil Near Mint presentation makes this copy both tournament ready and collectible.
Play it in a control shell or a discard driven strategy where the cost to escalate can be an advantage. Collective Brutality excels when you can pick the correct mode on the fly and chain multiple effects in a single turn. Practical triggers include baiting an opponent into revealing a counterspell or using the lifegain to survive an aggressive opener. Add this Innistrad Remastered foil to a sideboard for versatile answers and to a main deck when you want a compact, multi role removal and disruption spell.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {1}{B}
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Card Type – Sorcery
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Escalate—Discard a card. Choose one or more — • Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose an instant or sorcery card from it. That player discards that card. • Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn. • Target opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
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