Excruciator

Creature - Avatar 7/7, 6RR (8)
Damage that would be dealt by Excruciator can't be prevented.
Though used as a piercing weapon, the tusk is more akin to a stinger, spreading pain instantly throughout the body of its victim. This specimen deserves further study.
- Simic research notes
Illus. Paolo Parente

Gatherer Card Rulings [Nov 2009]

• 10/1/2005: An effect may redirect Excruciator's damage.
• 10/1/2005: Excruciator can deal damage to creatures with protection from red. (It can't block creatures with protection from red, though.)
• 10/1/2005: Damage prevention shields that would prevent this damage aren't used up and they stick around for the next time something would deal damage.
• 10/1/2005: A creature dealt lethal damage by Excruciator can be regenerated.
• 10/1/2005: Replacement effects that don't use the word "prevent" can replace Excruciator's damage with something else. See Phytohydra and Szadek, Lord of Secrets, for example.

Format Legality	Legal in Vintage, Legacy, Extended, MTGO Classic Banned in Standard
Printings (1/9)	Ravnica: City of Guilds (Rare)