Choice of Damnations

Sorcery - Arcane, 5B (6)
Target opponent chooses a number. You may have that player lose that much life. If you don't, that player sacrifices all but that many permanents.
"Life is a series of choices between bad and worse."
-Toshiro Umezawa
Illus. Tim Hildebrandt

Gatherer Card Rulings [Nov 2009]

• 6/1/2005: After the opponent chooses a number, Choice of Damnations' controller may choose to make that opponent either lose that much life or make that opponent sacrifice permanents.
• 6/1/2005: If the opponent must sacrifice all but a number of permanents, that opponent chooses that many permanents and then sacrifices the rest. If the number chosen is greater than the number of permanents the opponent controls, the player sacrifices nothing.

Format Legality	Legal in Vintage, Legacy, Extended Banned in Standard
Printings (1/8)	Saviors of Kamigawa (Rare)