Gut Shot
({R/P} can be paid with either {R} or 2 life.) Gut Shot deals 1 damage to any target.
Rulings (5)
Jun 1, 2011 · If you're at 1 life or less, you can't pay 2 life.
Jun 1, 2011 · A card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its mana cost is each color that appears in that mana cost, regardless of how that cost may have been paid.
Jun 1, 2011 · As you cast a spell or activate an activated ability with one or more Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, you choose how to pay for each Phyrexian mana symbol at the same time you would choose modes or choose a value for X.
Jun 1, 2011 · To calculate the mana value of a card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, count each Phyrexian mana symbol as 1.
Jun 1, 2011 · Phyrexian mana is not a new color. Players can't produce Phyrexian mana.
Where it’s played now
Inclusion by archetype
| Archetype | Format | Inclusion | Copies | Decks (n) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infect | Pauper | 100% | 3–4× | 19 |
| Ral, Monsoon Mage | cEDH | 100% | 1× | 4 |
| Krark, the Thumbless / Thrasios, Triton Hero | cEDH | 100% | 1× | 3 |
| Stella Lee, Wild Card | cEDH | 100% | 1× | 2 |
| Rowan, Scion of War | cEDH | 100% | 1× | 1 |
| Mono Blue Control | Pauper | 96.3% | 3–4× | 27 |
| Mono Blue Terror | Pauper | 95.9% | 2–4× | 74 |
| Vivi Ornitier | cEDH | 75% | 1× | 4 |