The Countdown Is at One

The Countdown Is at One

Sorcery

Set

Unstable (ust)

Rarity

Rare

Mana Cost
3 R R
Price · Cardmarket trend

€0.16 Foil €0.56

Artist

Jesper Ejsing

Cardmarket trend via Scryfall, as of 10/28/2026. May differ from the actual price.

Oracle Text

Players play a Magic subgame, starting at 1 life and using their libraries as their decks. For the rest of the main game, if a source would deal damage to a player who didn't win the subgame, it deals double that damage to that player instead.

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Rules for this card

Rulings (4)

  • Wizards of the Coast
    To play a Magic subgame, all players start a new game, using their libraries as their decks. No other cards, tokens, emblems, or anything else from the main game are included in the subgame.
  • Wizards of the Coast
    If a player has fewer than seven cards in their main-game library, they’ll lose the subgame as it begins, regardless of how many mulligans that player takes.
  • Wizards of the Coast
    If the subgame is a draw, no player won the subgame, so damage dealt to any player in the main game will be doubled.
  • Wizards of the Coast
    After the subgame ends, all players shuffle their cards from the subgame to reform their main-game libraries, and they return to the main game from the point they left off, with The Countdown Is at One finishing resolving.

Other Printings

The List (Unfinity Foil Edition) (ulst)