Enemy of Enlightenment is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Flying This creature gets -1/-1 for each card in your opponents' hands. At the beginning of your upkeep, each player discards a card.
How it works : Enemy of Enlightenment
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
The ability that modifies the power and toughness of Enemy of Enlightenment applies only while it's on the battlefield.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
If a spell or ability causes an opponent to draw one or more cards, wait until that spell or ability has finished resolving to determine whether Enemy of Enlightenment dies for having 0 toughness. If that spell or ability also causes cards to leave that player's hand, Enemy of Enlightenment may briefly be a 0/0 creature without dying.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
As the last ability resolves, first you choose a card in hand without revealing it, then each other player in turn order does the same. Then all the chosen cards are discarded at the same time.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
If any player can't discard a card, skip that player and each other player discards a card.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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